The RCS feature, which allows iOS and Android users to message each other via mobile data and wireless connection without a third-party software such as WhatsApp, has finally started to be offered to iOS users.
Thanks to the RCS feature that Google offered to users in 2019, many features offered by applications such as WhatsApp and Telegram could be accessed without using any application. Since 2021, Google has tried many times to persuade its rival Apple to support this system. Apple, which resisted iMessage in its own ecosystem, finally broke its stubbornness and brought RCS support to users with iOS 18.
What is RCS and what does it offer users?
The messaging experience called RCS (Rich Communication Services) offers a much more effective and improved experience than the classic SMS messaging. With RCS, high-resolution images and videos, voice messages and location sharing become possible.
In addition to including WhatsApp and Telegram features such as chatting with larger user groups, read and write notifications, end-to-end encryption ensures that none of your data will be shared with a 3rd party application company.
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This feature, which Apple has made no concessions about bringing to iOS in the past years, has now become more evident with the closed beta of iOS 18. Posting on Twitter, some users of famous operators such as AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon stated that they can now message with Android users via RCS.
According to the answers given to the questions by Brandon Butch, who shared the image, photos and videos reach Android users instantly, without any loss of quality. For now, let’s note that the RCS feature is only supported by major operators in the USA. However, we need to point out that it will spread rapidly all over the world very soon and a new era in communication with Android users has begun.
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