Nothing at all to do with pressure from Samsung or google. 100% to do with the EU.
this post was submitted on 17 Nov 2023
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Which colour will RCS messages be? I’m guessing yellow.
Seriously, are there people out there who actually care about this stuff? Typical first world worries 😋
People in the US don’t like to use 3rd party apps. So when iOS and Android “text” one another, they’re being sent as SMS. “Messaging” apps like iMessage, Discord, WhatsApp, etc are all modern texting apps with lots of features and conveniences. Apple supporting RCS will finally bridge the gap between texting and messaging.
This is great news. The lack of good texting between my family members and me as a Pixel user is what pushed me over to the Apple ecosystem ~5 years ago. It's solid, but I will probably pick up a Pixel if this is resolved, just to see what the other side has been up to for 5 years. Google's services have always been a better offering, so long as you can get past the lack of privacy.
Wow, Apple finally playing nice with other phones is something I thought we’d never see
But no E2EE.
So basically no better than the standard carrier messages and MMS that exists today except.. well... oooh, higher resolution photos.
'Yay' (said in the voice of Bruce from Family Guy)
Well done to the EU for this incredible, um... 'victory'?
Will it compromise security? I am a former Android user and switched to Apple bc of the security and compatibility of software and hardware in the OS. I love Apple and generally don’t trust Google and Android
So even without RCS today, how are my android friends able to react in our sms chat with iPhone users?
Good, now I will consider using iPhone again.
It’s about time.
Great. So RCS spam is going to be a new feature?
Type c, RCS gosh darnet they will catch up to Samsung!
Will this include rcs group chats?
Brilliant news, about time! 🙌
Main bits…
“But at the same time, iMessage isn’t going anywhere. It will continue to be the messaging platform used for all communication between iPhone users. RCS will simply supplant SMS and MMS and exist separately from iMessage when available. SMS and MMS will also continue to be available as a fallback when needed, Apple says. This is not Apple opening up iMessage to other platforms. Instead, it’s the company adopting RCS separately from iMessage.“
Good, now I can go back to Samsung
Damn I might go return my iPhone 15 I just bought a couple days ago lol. Go back to my paid off iPhone 13 until I can get a new android.
Would this mean free messaging to Android users when connected to WiFi?
Orange text bubbles for rcs lol
The article says it will be green like SMS/MMS was, and that RCS will replace SMS/MMS.
Yeah that was tongue in cheek :)
Tone hard to convey on Reddit.
damn i just switched from android to iphone
Never a better time to switch back to Android :)
This is coming the soonest at the end of next year, so no rush.
This is coming the soonest at the end of next year, so no rush.
Thank fuck. As an iPhone user it not playing well with RCS made texting worse for me because most of the people I know have Androids. iMessage was actually a negative for me so this is great news.
they are just doing this so they can block nothing chat
In Europe we dont care android user or iphone user everyone using mostly whatsapp
I think one used iMessage like 3 times. Everyone uses whatsapp 🤷♂️
Every country other than the US uses some third party app for communication, mostly Whatsapp. Don't know why the obsession with iMessage is in the US.
Watch for an iOS 17.x version to support at least the GSM standard RCS possibly by April-May 2024.
One step closer to world peace.
I was downvoted when I claimed it's a good thing and we should push apple to do this, so why is everyone happy now?
Wonder if they’re setting up their own servers and standards so they don’t have to go through Google’s
I'm very curious about this! Google provides Google RCS in Google Messages... but notably, ONLY when carriers don't provide RCS themselves.
If carriers provide RCS themselves (at this point, this is most of them)... they probably wouldn't want phones to superceed their RCS, in the same way carrier provided SMS/MMS isn't superceeded?
Of course, a lot of carriers nowadays provide their own RCS... by subcontracting Google Jibe for RCS lol.
If Apple wants to do this now, I wonder if they would have had an easier time if they had supported RCS much earlier?
What’s RCS?
SMS is “texting”. The same shit that has been around since cell phones.
Think of iMessage, Discord, WhatsApp, etc. as RCS or “messaging”
When Android and iOS text each other, it all sends as SMS. That means no read/delivery receipts, low quality picture/video messaging, no typing indicators, no encryption, etc.
So even without RCS today, how are my android friends able to react in our sms chat with iPhone users?
It’s a good move to prevent the EU from forcing them to degrade iMessage. But it’s crap that they are doing it at all. Google in every way is inferior and bowing down to adopt their “standard” is BS. iMessage is best. Hopefully it stays that way.
You are not loosing iMessage. Should read the article before writing nonsense
Cross platform messengers went far from those standards years ago, this is why pretty much everybody besides US folks use them and nobody cares about what phone you have.
Thank godddd!!
Looking forward to better attitude control
Funny thing is only Americans care about this, everywhere else uses WhatsApp or telegram
bad news for Nothing