BREAKING: Apple to add support for RCS and messaging with Android from next year

[iMore.com]

Apple has today announced it is adding support for RCS Messaging to iPhone from early next year.

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[FFR]

Sure they will. …….just won’t work with googles version

 

[EdwinG]

That’s a plot twist!

 

[SvenJ]

Sure they will. …….just won’t work with googles version

That may take a little explaining as to why it is true. It's not because Apple will do it 'intentioally'. Apple will be adding support for RCS Universal Profile, the standard as currently published by the GSM Association. That is not what Google Messages uses. It uses a highly adapted version of that which relies on Google servers, not carriers, to support it. So while there will likely be some level of compatibility, all the things that RCS isn't, that Google added on top of it, won't work. That includes things like group encryption. I believe stock GSM Association RCS has added point to point. That's one thing that SMS has never had.

 

[Just_Me_D]

What is interesting to me is this:

“…there's nothing to indicate that Apple won't keep its shiny blue bubbles for iMessage while leaving RCS messages green, just like it does with SMS or MMS.”

The blue v green chat bubble is the driving force behind the push toward RCS, in my opinion, so it’s going to be quite interesting whenever the software update arrives sometime next year.

 

[FFR]

That may take a little explaining as to why it is true. It's not because Apple will do it 'intentioally'. Apple will be adding support for RCS Universal Profile, the standard as currently published by the GSM Association. That is not what Google Messages uses. It uses a highly adapted version of that which relies on Google servers, not carriers, to support it. So while there will likely be some level of compatibility, all the things that RCS isn't, that Google added on top of it, won't work. That includes things like group encryption. I believe stock GSM Association RCS has added point to point. That's one thing that SMS has never had.

Doesn’t need that much explaining.

Apple is adopting rcs, the Gsma version that is not compatible with googles rcs jibe version.

Googles rcs requires messages to go through google servers instead of the carriers.

Still green bubbles though

 

[mech1164]

Well H*ll froze over, more likely this is to placate to some extent the EU from ongoing legislation. Now is this going to work perfectly? Heck no, this is Apple for crying out loud. There will be a bare minimum they'll do to have this work. Will it be better than SMS/MMS? Yep it sure will. Now we'll have to see when they decide to pull the trigger and update all this. My guess December 31 2024 @ 11:59:59. Still late next year,,,,,

 

[FFR]

Ofcourse they will.