Samsung brings RCS messaging to phones running Marshmallow and above

Samsung is rolling out RCS messaging support to its smartphones running Android 6.0 Marshmallow and newer. The feature upgrades standard SMS with chat-style capabilities such as read receipts and file sharing.

• RCS support arrives on Samsung devices with Android 6.0 Marshmallow and above
• The rollout covers older models, not just current flagships
• RCS adds chat features to SMS: read receipts, files, group chats