The era of SMS and buggy MMS is coming to an end, and the torchbearer for mobile communication is going to be RCS. Championed by the likes of Google as a leveler for digital conversations ...

But thanks to RCS, you no longer have to sign up for a third-party messaging service to access features like read receipts and location sharing. Rich Communication Services, or RCS, is the ...

Please verify your email address. Previously, US carriers were slow to warm up to RCS messaging protocol. While iPhone owners have had iMessages for years, Android users often relied on third ...

Here’s how it works. One of the reasons Apple resisted adding RCS support to iPhones for so long was security. It claimed that because RCS didn’t offer end-to-end encryption by default it ...

With RCS messaging, you'll be able to enjoy features like typing indicators and the "Delivered" status message while messaging Android users. It'll also help ensure high-quality videos and ...

The RCS protocol is coming to iPhone. How to activate it and why? Apple's iOS 18 is bringing the RCS protocol to the Messages application, paving the way for iPhone users to enjoy a much more ...

RCS isn’t really all that new. It’s actually been around longer than both iMessage and WhatsApp. The new standard was proposed to the GSMA in 2007, only five years after MMS debuted.

Support for Rich Communication Services (RCS) is one of the lesser-known features in iOS 18, which is now available for everyone. RCS is an enhanced version of SMS for text messaging, and its ...

Yet that’s not the case when messages are sent between iOS and Android users with RCS. And if there’s just one Android user in an RCS group chat otherwise populated by iOS users, end-to-end ...

Apple's adoption of the RCS protocol in iOS 18 has improved communications in iMessage between users of iPhones and Android, but some security issues remain. Apple and Google are working together ...

Please verify your email address. RCS support in iOS 18 is a mixed bag. Automatic updates could mean that not everyone is even running iOS 18, yet. Apple's focus is still on iMessage over ...