the good news is Came to your group chat. Today, Apple said it will add support for the RCS messaging standard to the iPhone. Website 9to5Mac Break the news Apple will release a software update sometime next year that will provide iOS with support for the messaging standard, which is already widely used in Android phones.
RCS, Rich Communications Standard, is a messaging service This is a step forward from the SMS and MMS messaging standards that have been used since the advent of smartphones. RCS does more than just SMS and MMS: it allows users to share higher-resolution photos and videos between their devices; it supports read receipts; and lots more fun stuff, like the ability to easily convert emojis to and GIFs added to the conversation. It also adds an extra layer of security that older messaging standards lacked.
Apple famously eschewed RCS in favor of its own iMessage platform, resulting in a layer of disparity that anyone with an Android phone (or any iPhone user who regularly uses their Android phone to text others) is painfully aware of. Capacity. The video system shared between iOS and Android is fast and low-bandwidth, and Android users are often confused by group chats, missing messages, missing emojis, and other issues.
For years, Apple has relied on SMS and MMS to bridge the digital gap between these messaging platforms. This is the last major pushback, as RCS has been backed by major players such as Google, Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile. When Apple added support for RCS it no longer needed that old bridge, a move that could herald the eventual demise of SMS.
“Sexts are long overdue,” said Anshel Sag, principal analyst at technology analysis firm Moor Insights and Strategy. “Now text messaging may die, it may become obsolete. So, all viruses and all security Defects will disappear.” Because text messages can be eliminated. “
The move won’t happen immediately; Apple told 9to5Mac that RCS support will roll out “in the second half of next year.”This timing suggests that support may come in the next version of iOS, which will usually roll out in september.
So it’s a way out, but it’s certainly closer than Apple’s previous feature plans, which apparently “never were.” A year ago, Apple didn’t seem to even consider supporting RCS on the iPhone.Apple CEO Tim Cook joke smoothly If you have trouble communicating with users on different devices, you can “buy mom an iPhone.”Since then, pressure has mounted on the company to implement RCS, and some compatibility As platforms evolve, so does this between platforms.