RCS? What the heck is that. Sounds like a source control system.
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Apple to Adopt RCS Messaging Standard for Better Interoperability With Android Devices
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You are missing the point. Why would you want to interact and receive pixelated videos / photos from non-apple users? If there is a superior technology why not make the upgrade?
I use WhatsApp to communicate with non-iPhone users. If Android users want access to iMessage features, they can switch to iOS. Not my problem.
So Apple should remove SMS too? RCS is just the evolution of SMS. They were going to implement it eventually.
one of many examples:
RCS universal profile states 100MB limit for file sharing
non-RCS users still exist.
how will you know if you can send 100MB file?
then there's the ability to remove participants from group chats. being able to markup text and send. and so on.
you literally have to change the behavior from the current setup.
That’s why there should probably be something like a bubble color or some other indicator for RCS, IMO.
You don’t understand or not getting the point.
Android users always had similar features that iMessage has. Google / android / iPhone users wanted this universal. Apple was the only road block for getting similar features to every one. Why would you not want this to work for every user? Not everyone cares for iOS and prefer features that Android has.
This also allows you to not have to use WhatsApp, which is an awful app. In US hardly anyone uses WhatsApp.
It will tell you if you are sending it in RCS, just like how Google Messages does now
average user doesn't know what RCS means.
this is something the user needs to learn. op argued there's nothing new to learn.
Of course we do! Why should I have to install a Facebook app like WhatsApp just because my friends have an Android phone?
Now I will be able to enjoy reasonable group chats with friends who don’t have iPhones, without needing to find a third party solution. Yippeee! What is not to like!?
You act like adding RCS support is somehow taking something away. It is not. You will still be able to chat with all your iPhone friends with blue bubbles over the iMessage protical. Absolutely no functionality is being removed.
Why are you so upset that Apple is adding even more features to Messages?
I agree completely.
It will be interesting to see how Apple adopts RCS into iMessage. They will most likely leave it green bubble still but notify you if you are messaging in RCS or SMS.
I highly doubt they will make everything blue bubble unless you are using SMS. They will need to distinguish users to notify Apple users who has iMessage etc.
It is a great first step in improving messaging overall for all users. I use Pixel devices and iPhones, and it’s infuriating how the current system is. Beeper app has definitely helped simplifying things
God, there's some lunatics on here today. LOL.
This rant makes no sense. Apple is not replacing iMessage technology with RCS. When you text from iPhone to iPhone it will still be iMessage. What this does is starts the process of replacing the very archaic and outdated SMS/MMS fallback standard with the more modern RCS protocol. The only thing that changes is when you send a text message to someone with an Android phone it'll be a better experience with the ability to send and receive high quality images, video, and many other features that old SMS doesn't support. If you refuse to text message people on Android phones you'll never even notice it.
Apple said they're going to work with the GSMA to add encryption the to RCS standard, so it's looking good on that front.
How so? How is iOS going to suffer by having better messaging built in? Please give examples of how it will make the OS observably worse.
This is about making messaging better for iOS users. You still seem ignorant (whether wilfully or not) of what this would acutally mean for users because you keep saying it's about bringing iMessage features to Android — it's not. It's about making non-iOS messages less of a pain for iOS users. Are you against that? Because if so, maybe no one should take you seriously.
Why would they have to know? If Apple implement it right, the user shouldn't have to know anything beyond green bubbles being a bit better.
It seems to be mainly those who do not understand what RCS is, and creating their own take on the matter, and stating non-sense.
I think it is pretty clear that no one should be taking them seriously lol
Hopefully Google can take down their site now:
www.android.com
Enable RCS Chats on Android & iPhone: Get The Message
Enjoy clearer pictures, better group chats, and seamless communication between Android & iPhone with RCS. Learn to enable RCS messaging on your device.
www.android.com
because it's impossible to remove a non-RCS user from an existing group chat while group with RCS users you can. how do you distinguish the two?
Ohh the horror of letting users to have choices... also iPhone has less than 30% market share worldwide (~35% in the EU), so majority of people would not even notice if the iPhone would just disappear.
People have to figure out new features with technology all the time. This doesn’t take much to figure out other than one day in 2024 when you text your friend with an Android phone you’ll start having more features available like typing indicators, read receipts and the ability to send higher quality pictures and videos. Sure there will be a few changes with group messaging, but RCS will be much less likely to completely break the group message.
One less thing for MacBreak Weekly's Andy Ihnatko to complain about.
Andy complains about it since he is an Android phone user. I watch MacBreak Weekly but find Ihnatko annoying.
Not being able to remove an SMS user from a group chat is likely an artificial limitation enforced by Apple. They could certainly separate the IMessage traffic from the users that need SMS.