Telefónica Launches Joyn RCS Services

MADRID -- Movistar launches in Spain a new advanced multioperator communications service, Joyn, trademark of RCS-e services. Today all Movistar users who have a supported Android device can now enjoy Joyn functionality for free.

Joyn offers an Advanced Agenda, which identifies with the logo of the application to those contacts of the customer who already have the service available, and with whom you can chat and exchange multimedia files. Joyn presents communications options that can be used with each contact according to several variables, such as the level of coverage, the status of the terminal or the processing capacity of the handset to support communications with guaranteed quality.

Joyn improves messages and voice communications between users. It offers multimedia chat features to talk individually or in groups and to share any kind of file such as photos, music, videos. It also introduces enriched calls, allowing any participant in a regular call to show real-time video or photos while talking as a new “see-what-I-see” feature.

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