In recent decades, the mobile phone has become increasingly important for us to be able to handle everyday tasks. With the help of it, you can do everything from booking holidays, shopping to watching movies and chatting. Thus, there is not much we could do without it.
Among the more popular mobiles, Apple and Android are top sellers, with brands such as Samsung and Google. And Android phones in particular are used by over 40 percent of the Swedish population, according to the Internet Foundation.
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SMS without coverage? So you do
The development of the mobile phone has also led to us becoming more and more used to being able to communicate with each other regardless of where on earth we are, thanks to the coverage of the mobile phone.
But in the event that you are in a place where you do not have coverage on your phone, but would like to text someone, what do you do? Is it even possible to communicate without coverage?
In fact, it does.
According to the site Mobile If you use an Android phone, you might want to turn on something called RCS notifications. Instead of texting using the mobile’s coverage, RCS, or Rich Communication Service, uses the mobile’s data traffic or Wi-Fi connection.
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In your Android, you can use the search function to find the activation of RCS chats. Photo: Nyheter24. The difference between RCS message and sms
The big difference between sending a regular SMS and sending an RCS message is that the latter works with different operating systems and devices. This means that a person using Android can communicate with a person using, for example, an iPhone, even if there is no coverage.
In addition, RCS often includes security in the form of support for end-to-end encryption, which means that no third party can access the message.
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Samsung users? Then think about this
For those using Samsung phones, the RCS feature is automatically enabled in the Messages app. You can then choose for yourself whether you want to turn it off or not.
Those who instead send messages via Google’s app need to go into the app’s settings at the Google account. Then turn on “Send automatically as sms/mms”, writes the site.
However, it is important to keep in mind that if your phone does not have a data connection, the device will send the message as a regular SMS or MMS. When the mobile then regains data connection, the RCS function is switched on again.
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In Samsung, the function is activated automatically. You can then choose whether you want it connected or not. Photo: Nyheter24.