This is great news. The lack of good texting between my family members and me as a Pixel user is what pushed me over to the Apple ecosystem ~5 years ago. It’s solid, but I will probably pick up a Pixel if this is resolved, just to see what the other side has been up to for 5 years. Google’s services have always been a better offering, so long as you can get past the lack of privacy.
Thank godddd!!
Great. So RCS spam is going to be a new feature?
Will this include rcs group chats?
damn i just switched from android to iphone
This is coming the soonest at the end of next year, so no rush.
Never a better time to switch back to Android :)
This is coming the soonest at the end of next year, so no rush.
What’s RCS?
SMS is “texting”. The same shit that has been around since cell phones.
Think of iMessage, Discord, WhatsApp, etc. as RCS or “messaging”
When Android and iOS text each other, it all sends as SMS. That means no read/delivery receipts, low quality picture/video messaging, no typing indicators, no encryption, etc.
So even without RCS today, how are my android friends able to react in our sms chat with iPhone users?
It’s about time.
It’s a good move to prevent the EU from forcing them to degrade iMessage. But it’s crap that they are doing it at all. Google in every way is inferior and bowing down to adopt their “standard” is BS. iMessage is best. Hopefully it stays that way.
Cross platform messengers went far from those standards years ago, this is why pretty much everybody besides US folks use them and nobody cares about what phone you have.
You are not loosing iMessage. Should read the article before writing nonsense
Type c, RCS gosh darnet they will catch up to Samsung!
Watch for an iOS 17.x version to support at least the GSM standard RCS possibly by April-May 2024.
Orange text bubbles for rcs lol
The article says it will be green like SMS/MMS was, and that RCS will replace SMS/MMS.
Yeah that was tongue in cheek :)
Tone hard to convey on Reddit.
Brilliant news, about time! 🙌
In Europe we dont care android user or iphone user everyone using mostly whatsapp
Every country other than the US uses some third party app for communication, mostly Whatsapp. Don’t know why the obsession with iMessage is in the US.
I think one used iMessage like 3 times. Everyone uses whatsapp 🤷♂️
One step closer to world peace.
Main bits…
“But at the same time, iMessage isn’t going anywhere. It will continue to be the messaging platform used for all communication between iPhone users. RCS will simply supplant SMS and MMS and exist separately from iMessage when available. SMS and MMS will also continue to be available as a fallback when needed, Apple says. This is not Apple opening up iMessage to other platforms. Instead, it’s the company adopting RCS separately from iMessage.“