Select Samsung phones operating on the T-Mobile carrier will soon get some advanced text messaging capabilities.

According to TechRadar, the new text messages will be very similar to what Apple offers with its iMessages. Users will be able to tell when their recipient is typing, when their message has been read and also the capability of sending quality, high resolution pictures. Apple's iMessages are sent through a dedicated messaging network.

T-Mobile's new service, which will be called Advanced Messaging, will allow users to send photos and videos with quality up to 10 MB.

Advanced Messaging will start out only being available to the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime. It will be pre-loaded on the new device, but the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S5 will both be offered Advanced Messaging through an upcoming software update.

T-Mobile will continue to push out Advanced Messaging to other non-Samsung devices in the near future. By the end of the year, they plan to offer Advanced Messaging to at least 10 other devices.

Installing new programs or apps will not be required to activate Advanced Messaging. Instead, users will simply update their software and Advanced Messaging will be turned on.

Advanced Messaging will work with different devices, other operating systems and other carriers. This means if someone with Advanced Messaging sends a text message to someone who does not have it, they will still see that the user has read their message or is typing a reply. T-Mobile has been using the Rich Communications Services standard, a GSMA messaging standard that other carriers might soon adopt.

T-Mobile's decision to change their text messaging features is something that Chief Technology Officer Neville Ray said was necessary.

"U.S. wireless operators have made virtually zero advances in the messaging tech that comes built in to most phones," Ray said.

A T-Mobile spokeswoman expects that that the new feature will soon be included on all future phones as standard, given as it has been designed around an industry standard, CNet reported.