The next generation of SMS is here. Built for artists, festivals, and teams who want to stand out — with verified branding now live and interactive media coming soon.
RCS (Rich Communication Services) is the next generation of SMS, backed by Google and Apple. It upgrades standard text messaging with richer, more branded experiences — delivered natively in the messages app fans already use every day.
For fans, RCS messages feel polished, branded, and trustworthy compared to traditional SMS. For artists and teams, it's the most powerful upgrade to direct messaging since SMS itself.
RCS on Laylo lets you send verified, branded messages directly to fans' phones — with your name, logo, and high-quality visuals built right into every message thread.
Whether you're announcing a show, dropping merch, or teasing a release, RCS helps you show up like a brand, not a phone number.
RCS works across the same surfaces as SMS — campaigns, drop promotions, announcements, and agent-powered messages — with automatic fallback to standard SMS for fans whose devices don't support it yet.
SMS messages come from random 10-digit numbers. RCS changes that.
With RCS, your name and logo appear directly in the inbox and on every message — verified by Google, trusted by fans. No contact cards. No unknown senders. Just your brand, front and center.
Fans who recognize the sender engage more. It's that simple.
RCS delivers high-quality images, GIFs, and carousels natively in the messaging app — no MMS compression, no degraded quality.
A tour poster looks like a tour poster. Merch looks like merch. The visual does the work before fans read a single word.
Interactive formats like tap-to-buy buttons and suggested replies are also on the roadmap, turning every message into a potential conversion moment.