Apple made a surprise statement today and announced that it will bring the RCS messaging standard used on Android phones to iPhones. The feature, coming next year, will take the messaging experience between iPhone and Android users to the next level.
The RCS messaging system on Android phones offered a service such as the combination of SMS and online messaging platforms, allowing users to have an advanced messaging opportunity similar to iMessage. Companies like Google and Samsung also wanted Apple to bring RCS support to iPhones, mostly through push ads.
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There was a surprising development in this regard today. In a statement to 9to5Mac, Apple announced that RCS support will come to iPhone phones.
RCS support will come to iPhones next year
The unexpected statement was made by an Apple spokesperson. Spokesman, RCS standard coming to iPhones next year He stated that it would be added: “We will bring support to the RCS standard published by the GSM Association towards the end of next year. We believe it will provide a better interoperability experience compared to SMS and MMS.”
However, AppleYour Message is still better and safer He adds: “RCS support will work alongside iMessage, which will continue to be the best and most secure messaging experience for Apple users.”
What does RCS support mean for users?
Let’s talk about what RCS support means. You can now send messages to people with iPhone or Android phones. read receipts, high-quality photo and video sharing and more can have. You can think of this as having conversations with Android users using blue text bubbles in iMessage. But this will be thanks to RCS, not iMessage. Additionally, Apple says it will add location sharing to the feature.
We don’t know much detail about Apple’s RCS support yet. However, 9to5Mac emphasizes an important issue and says that Apple does not open iMessage to other platforms. RCS, instead It will replace SMS and MMS and be completely separate from iMessage.
Why did Apple suddenly make such a decision?
It is not difficult to guess that Apple did not make this decision because it wanted to. The reason for the change is probably The European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) the pressure it creates. The law wanted technology giants’ services to be interoperable with other platforms.
We can say that this decision will be welcomed by users. No longer will users have to deal with frustrating situations like not being able to send high quality video in messages sent between iPhones and Androids.
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