In an update later this year, Google Messages will add support for RCS when texting emergency services. The upgrade enables read receipts and typing indicators.
Texting with emergency services is about to get an upgrade. Starting this winter, Google Messages will support texting 911 through RCS. Using SMS to contact 911 is available at just over half of all emergency dispatch centers in the US, but in those areas, people using RCS will benefit from a handful of new features like location sharing and read receipts. The timing of the announcement — just days before Apple is expected to announce RCS support in iOS 18 — is probably no coincidence, either.
They’ll also see read receipts and typing indicators when the dispatcher is responding. The ability to text 911 has been slowly rolling out over the past decade. The FCC says that in areas where texting with 911 isn’t supported, wireless carriers are required to provide a bounce-back message directing them to place a call instead. So nobody has been left wondering if a message went through, in theory, but a read receipt is reassuring nonetheless.
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