The Google Messages app now lets users send texts to themselves via RCS. The app previously restricted users to SMS when texting themselves. This means you can now send long text messages, high-quality photos/videos, and more to yourself.

Google Messages now supports texting yourself via RCS, rather than the inferior SMS. That means you can text yourself longer messages, as well as high-quality photos and videos.

Google Messages has added the ability to send RCS messages to yourself, allowing for longer reminders and the quick transfer of photos and videos between devices.

Google Messages could receive a "delete for everyone" feature, allowing you to recall messages, but only in RCS enabled chats.

Google Messages could soon gain a major iMessage deletion feature, according to code found buried in the app.

Data from the FCC showed that roughly 53% of the emergency centers in the U.S. support text messages as a viable form of communication. Through this 911 RCS support, Google seeks to bring it to every call center/agency across the country for free.

Google Messages has quietly upgraded its self-messaging feature from SMS to RCS, allowing users to send richer content like high-res images, videos, and GIFs to themselves. This RCS self-messaging feature provides a convenient alternative to dedicated note-taking apps for quickly saving information,