How Google Detects and Warns about Premium SMS Messages

Google uses a publicly view-able database to detect and warn before a user sends a premium SMS message. This database is constantly updated by Google.

By  Mishaal Rahman Nov 2, 2016

Billions of text messages are sent each year. Though the service is incredibly dated by modern technological standards, the SMS has persisted as among the most popular methods of communication. Google is pushing hard to get carriers on board with a new standard known as Rich Communication Services (RCS), but with so many competing messaging interfaces it will take some time before the ubiquitous text message is put to rest.