Again in November, Apple introduced that it will add RCS (Wealthy Communication Companies) assist to the iPhone later this yr. With this assist, iPhone customers will have the ability to view photos and movies despatched to them by Android customers over RCS with out having to cope with low-quality photos and movies. As soon as Apple provides RCS assist to the iPhone, iPhone customers will have the ability to get learn receipts when speaking with Android customers, and see typing indicators. Messages will nonetheless be protected due to end-to-end encryption.
At present, when an iPhone person messages an Android person and vice versa, the chat takes place over the old-school SMS/MMS platform which is why movies shared seem like crap as do shared photos. As a result of RCS and iMessage have virtually the identical options, iPhone customers should not have any downside utilizing RCS when Apple does add assist for it.
The query is, when will this happen? When will Apple begin supporting RCS? On the Android.com web site (by way of 9to5Google), Google has printed an up to date touchdown web page that reads, “Apple has introduced it is going to be adopting RCS within the fall of 2024.” Apple truly mentioned in November 2023 that the assist would come “later subsequent yr” which signifies that we are able to name this “information.”
Google says that Apple introduced that RCS assist on iPhone shall be accessible this Fall
The primary day of fall this yr shall be September twenty second, 2024 which might dovetail with a attainable launch date for the iPhone 16 line and iOS 18. So there’s a robust chance that if Apple does say that assist for RCS will happen within the fall, it’ll imply that RCS assist for the iPhone will debut with the discharge of iOS 18 in September. If Apple provides it to the iOS 18 Developer Beta, iPhone assist for RCS may very well be accessible to these putting in the iOS 18 developer beta proper after Apple unveils iOS 18 through the WWDC 2024 Keynote on June tenth.
When Apple does add RCS assist to the iPhone, it is best to have the ability to see whether or not you’ve an RCS connection by wanting on the textual content subject earlier than you begin typing a message. For instance, after you faucet on the title of the Android-using recipient you might be sending a message to and also you see RCS within the textual content subject, it signifies that you may be chatting with the recipient utilizing Wealthy Communication Companies. Alternatively, if the textual content subject says Textual content Message, you might be messaging an Android person who would not use RCS, or an RCS sign shouldn’t be accessible. Thus, you may be chatting utilizing SMS/MMS.
Apple will little doubt make an enormous deal about including RCS assist because it will get nearer to September, so keep tuned. We will inform you that Apple’s assist for RCS is not going to add the blue bubble/inexperienced bubble rift.
