Google Messages may soon offer a significant upgrade to emergency services on Android phones through the incorporation of Rich Communication Services (RCS) texting. The new feature could allow users to text 911 during emergencies instead of calling,

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

Google Messages code suggests it'll soon support emergency RCS messaging Last year, Google confirmed that support was coming for the feature It'll let you share photos and videos over text with emergency services Sometimes texting can work better than calling for contacting the emergency services,

In June, the GSMA responsible for RCS finalized the latest standard with the ability to delete a sent message, and Google

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 is working on a "Delete for everyone" feature for sent texts, similar to iMessage and WhatsApp. The feature will require all recipients to be on the latest build of the app. Google is working on several other improvements for Google Messages.