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Google Messages is easily one of the best messaging apps for Android, and RCS support is a large part of the reason. While Samsung used to support RCS directly, these days the only true RCS solution for Android is Google’s official app. As much as RCS has improved Android messaging, I understand that not everyone has bought into the standard. If you’re not concerned about RCS support, there are plenty of other great messaging apps out there as well.
Let’s take a look at a few of the best messaging apps out there. To keep things interesting, we’ll take a look at both SMS-based apps and those that use proprietary formats via the web.