Here’s why Google Messages serves as an excellent alternative to WhatsApp

The iOS vs Android battle is perhaps the most intensive at the texting end, where Google’s been long trying to coerce Apple into adopting its RCS standard. But the Cupertino company wants none of it. The battleground is different in India though – iMessage isn’t really a thing here so Google Messages’ biggest rival happens to be WhatsApp. The competition began when Messages shed its SMS-only approach and added features like read receipts and typing indicators with RCS in an attempt to gain an edge.