What's the difference between enhanced messages and short messages?

Now is the information age, mobile phones can send short messages, multimedia messages and so on. What's the difference between enhanced messages and short messages? Let's take a look ~

What's the difference between enhanced messages and short messages? RCS enhanced information: The SMS function launched by China Mobile in conjunction with major mobile phone manufacturers is an instant messaging service based on data services and an upgrade to traditional SMS. On the basis of compatibility with traditional SMS and MMS functions. Support sending rich media messages, such as text, pictures, voice clips, video clips, location information, etc. Through the SMS application.

SMS: Text or digital information sent or received directly by users through mobile phones or other telecommunication terminals. The number of characters that users can receive and send short messages at a time is 160 English or numeric characters or 70 Chinese characters. Short message information capacity is small, terminal data collection is difficult, and sending is limited.

This paper takes Xiaomi 12 as an example and applies it to MIUI 13 system.