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Apple announces that RCS support is coming to iPhone next year (9to5mac.com)
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In a surprising move, Apple has announced today that it will adopt the RCS (Rich Communication Services) messaging standard. The feature will launch via a software update “later next year” and bring a wide range of iMessage-style features to messaging between iPhone and Android users.

Apple’s decision comes amid pressure from regulators and competitors like Google and Samsung. It also comes as RCS has continued to develop and become a more mature platform than it once was.

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[–] 39 points 2 years ago (2 children)

This is great but surprising news. Hopefully the implementation is actually good

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I imagine they'll probably keep the blue bubbles and some features exclusive to iMessage users, but this is still great news.

    I wonder if this will encourage Google to allow Fi users to have RCS while texting from PC...

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    What do you guys think is going to happen with like an open RCS standard? RCS is only available on Google messages.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    RCS has always been an open standard.

    Only Google has done the work to implement it for billions of devices, so far.

    That has never prevented Apple from also implementing the standard on their devices.

    https://www.gsma.com/futurenetworks/rcs/universal-profile/

    @13617 @Corgana

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    They're going to implement the open standard ... which isn't what most Android users are actually using. Does Google's Messages app gracefully transition to the RCS standard if that's what the other person is using?

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    No idea but, I suspect that Apple will have some negotiating power here, hopefully weakening Google's control and making it mostly open

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  • [–] -3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    RCS is already an open standard, that's why Apple is and always has been able to implement it themselves without relying on Google for anything.

    @NENathaniel @kirklennon

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    My understanding is that it can be fully open but Google's current implementation is not. That's why the Google/Samsung messaging apps are the only texting apps that support it

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Google and Samsung were the only apps to implement RCS (and the infrastructure to support the app) so far.

    Nothing Google has done prevents any other organizations that want to invest the time and money from also implementing the standard.

    https://www.gsma.com/futurenetworks/rcs/universal-profile/

    Apple, on the other hand, doesn't allow iMessage apps or servers that they didn't create themselves. Or even an SMS/RCS app on their devices.

    @NENathaniel

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  • [–] -3 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Obnoxious "@"ing behavior

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    They're on Mastodon, interaction between Lemmy and Mastodon can be weird sometimes it automatically put those there they probably didn't manually try to @ people.

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