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Apple announces that RCS support is coming to iPhone next year (9to5mac.com)

submitted 2 years ago by kae@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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.

[–] gnurd@sh.itjust.works 40 points 2 years ago (1 child)

It says in the artical they plan to use rcs the standard as currently published by the GSM Association. So I assume they won't be using Google version. Unless I'm misunderstanding it.

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[–] LWD@lemm.ee 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

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[–] gnurd@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I'm not denying that. Later on in the article it goes into further detail about how apple use the GSM RCS standard and "work to improve it". Which means they won't use Google's version. So now we see what Google will do as Apple will not be working with them on the Google version after all their fuss about rcs.

My wife and I have a pixel while the rest of my family useses iPhone so I am quite interested in how this will turn out. If there is a way the two meet on the GSM standard I think it will be great. But will Google be willing to do that?

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