Last updated: April 10th, 2024 at 05:29 UTC+02:00 RCS is the successor to SMS and will soon see much broader adoption, as Apple is expected to bring RCS support to iPhones later this year. Ahead of its wider adoption, Google is adding some security measures to make RCS even more secure for users, and it …
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR A new official Google Messages webpage affirms that iPhone RCS support is coming in the fall. Originally, Apple only committed to 2024, so this is a more specific timeframe. Given the timing, it’s likely we’d see this land in tandem with the iPhone 16 series. Late last year, Apple …
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Messages quietly added Ultra HDR support in RCS chats. Pixel 8 users have reported that they can send Ultra HDR images within Google Messages. While there is no UI indication, the HDR gain map is retained. Ultra HDR is a new image format that adds HDR metadata to …
If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance you recently heard about RCS and are wondering why there’s so much commotion around it coming to the iPhone. The short explanation is that RCS is a modern messaging protocol that can replace the SMS and MMS standards used by carriers for years. RCS enables popular chat …
Apple has announced that it will start supporting RCS – the latest messaging standard – on iPhones from next year onwards. The move comes after competitors like Google, Samsung and, most recently, Nothing pressurised the company by various means into adopting the messaging standard. Soon after the company announced it, Nothing CEO Carl Pei posted …
Apple finally caved — the company will adopt Rich Communication Services (RCS), which should alleviate some of the worst issues with messaging between iPhones and Androids. Following Apple’s announcement, there was a rush of theories about why Apple finally gave in after the company played hardball for years (remember when Tim Cook told a reporter to buy …
For years, Google has been coaxing Apple into adopting rich communication services (RCS). It has even gone as far as to create the ad campaign #GetTheMessage to pressure Apple into supporting the standard. Now that Apple has finally given in, Google has responded to the company’s announcement. Surprising many across the internet, Apple announced today …
Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Google Messages is working on a Profiles feature, which could let users set their own profile name and photo. Users will likely have options to control visibility to protect their privacy. They will likely be able to also choose to receive notifications about contact updates. Texting is still prevalent …