As basic as texting is on Android, it can still break. Here's what might be going on, and how you get back to jamming out conversations.

However, RCS on Android continues to be frustratingly unreliable. Users frequently find the app failing to connect to Google's servers, forcing them to fall back on SMS.

It might be a good time to stop using the standard Android SMS messaging system and upgrade to a different ecosystem entirely -- here's why.

RCS is the evolution of SMS. Some like it, some prefer to keep things classic. We can show you how to turn RCS messaging on or off on Android.