Why do some of you people insist on making stupid comments. The messages are E2EE meaning google does not have the security key to snoop into your messages no more than Apple has the key to open iMessage.
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Apple to Adopt RCS Messaging Standard for Better Interoperability With Android Devices
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This could be seen as good news for Apple and Google — bad news for Whatsapp. The implementation is something that Apple seems to have figured out.
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How long do we think Apple is going to give it before they shut down this unauthorized hack?
Ars Technica has a pretty thorough breakdown of exactly how janky this Sunbird thing is:
Nothing Phone says it will hack into iMessage, bring blue bubbles to Android
Upstart Android OEM hopes Apple won’t immediately shut the project down.
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did you just discover why plenty of apple users are not android users for years? I think so.
alternatively, Apple messages on Google would be a far superior solution
Apple will require 1 paid plan for Android users if they don't have an Apple device to use it (so the cheapest would be the lowest tier iCloud storage).
As long as the user (me) has the option to turn it off it’s not a problem. I start getting spam and trash messages because of it, it will be one.
It will likely be green bubble, but instead of it saying "Text Message" in the screenshot down below, it will say something like "RCS Message".
I don't know how Apple could push encryption in this case...at least not end to end. Someone's going to be unencrypting to pass off to the other service somewhere.
How does this hurt Apple users exactly? I've yet to see a single valid reason.
Do people really not understand what RCS is?
I don't know, you could be right but I think Text already represented two protocols (SMS, MMS) and would represent this one as well.
RCS=Radar Cross Section
It is how big/bright you seem to be in a radar image. It a measure of how easy you are to detect with a radar
Why would releasing before iPhone 16 reduce the sales of iPhone 16?
People who actually think they understand what RCS is do not even truly understand RCS...so no.
The blue vs green bubble was a good hook for the impressionable Yoots of this world. They had NO reason to cave in to RCS. I own both iOS and Android phones so I really don't care but iMessages was a good selling feature.
Google Pixel user here (I come in peace!)
After reading through page after page of these comments, I see 2 main groups of people. (and some trolls)
There are a lot of you that understand the technical benefits of this decision and are looking forward to a better messaging experience across the board. Then there are some of you who don't seem to know anything about RCS, or E2EE and are worried about your data going through Google's servers.
While both Apple and Google collect certain types of data on their users, I believe both companies care about the privacy of communication between people through messaging. Both companies have E2EE rolled into their platforms. (Googles RCS uses the Signal protocol). This announcement from Apple doesn't contain any technical information or elaborate much on how this is going to work. So rather than jumping to hysteria, lets all wait for more details. Apple coming into this is going to push the RCS standard further which is a good thing for everyone because SMS is archaic at this point. If you don't know what any of this means, I would encourage you to read the wiki page about RCS and learn about how E2EE protects your communications.
After reading through page after page of these comments, I see 2 main groups of people. (and some trolls)
There are a lot of you that understand the technical benefits of this decision and are looking forward to a better messaging experience across the board. Then there are some of you who don't seem to know anything about RCS, or E2EE and are worried about your data going through Google's servers.
While both Apple and Google collect certain types of data on their users, I believe both companies care about the privacy of communication between people through messaging. Both companies have E2EE rolled into their platforms. (Googles RCS uses the Signal protocol). This announcement from Apple doesn't contain any technical information or elaborate much on how this is going to work. So rather than jumping to hysteria, lets all wait for more details. Apple coming into this is going to push the RCS standard further which is a good thing for everyone because SMS is archaic at this point. If you don't know what any of this means, I would encourage you to read the wiki page about RCS and learn about how E2EE protects your communications.
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You could say this at pretty much any time though. Regardless I doubt the majority of users, especially those using models unsupported by the latest iOS, would upgrade a phone for this specifically.