the blue vs green bubble debate would end if Apple let users change the color of the bubbles like the old iChat
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iOS 18 RCS Support Rolling Out to Beta Users
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As a European I never understood why they are so proud of using that app from Meta.
I mean, they claim to care more about privacy but they use a messaging app made by an advertising company and defend them on every forum 🤔
I mean, they claim to care more about privacy but they use a messaging app made by an advertising company and defend them on every forum 🤔
Saw some guy on Reddit saying he has it but didn't have anybody to test with. Seems fishy. He's on Telus.
No it’s more like apple was forced to. This certainly wasn’t their idea.
The vast majority of ppl don’t even know what RCS is so they have no idea if it is better or not.
There’s nothing to move on from. The people who made such a big deal about this have it and I can easily turn it off it appears so that’s a win in my case
For some reason Apple loyalists in particular feel an overwhelming urgency to make themselves feel superior to other people, which in fact makes them look weak and desperate for acceptance.
Obviously there are bigger issues with mental health that go a lot deeper than just liking a brand a little too much, but it's systemic in a lot of societies these days.
If anything, having a history of using both Apple and Google devices shows a larger overall interest in technology. Not to mention having an open mind is perfect for an interest in technology as a while.
Here in the UK most people don't know what RCS is, but a large majority of people supplement WhatsApp usage with RCS without even knowing it. That's due to Google Messages being the default "texting" app for the last few years.
Most people I know have stopped using WhatsApp for 90% of communication and use Google Messages, it's honestly a much better app and they overtook iMessage a while back, which is why Apple are "inventing" similar features for iOS 18.
Doesn't exist yet? Google has a proprietary extension when using their clients with their servers.
When you have a cellular account on your iPhone, shared with your iPad or Mac, and they have a cellular account on their android device, and both cellular accounts are by carriers with RCS support, and the carriers have pushed a RCS profile, and any configuration enabling RCS on the devices is set to 'On'... sure!
Half-true. RCS is a carrier service, standardized by the GSMA, that many carriers have outsourced to Vibe/Google (mostly to support Android users). Google's servers and clients have several extensions that are not standardized by GSMA or for that matter made available publicly, and there have been reports they have denied third parties that have attempted to license them.
If the carrier has not enabled RCS, iPhones will not show an option to enable it. If the carrier does not use Google to provide RCS, then it will use the carrier's server (but likely still hit Google's server on the recipient side).
Mac rumours doing it usual thing thinking the us is the whole world title should rolling out to users in the us
RCS have been in Europe on Android for a while now and yet have made no difference Whatsapp, I presume it is on Android in the U.S. and again have made no difference to Whatsapp, so why would it being on Iphones make any difference?
More Android users than Iphone users.
I don't use Wjhatsapp myself or RCS.
Similar here, but some people don’t use WhatsApp due to its Meta roots, so I also keep Viber, Telegram, etc. to cover all bases. If I receive a message, I use the same client to reply. If I am contacting them first, then it is WhatsApp, iMessage or SMS first, in that order.
So what about those that don't use Whatsapp, or do everyone you know use Whatsapp? I don't use Whatsapp and I know a few that don't either, so use SMS. Those that do, if they want to contact me by message, then they can use SMS.
As for RCS, it is supposed to be the replacement for SMS, so people can send stupid hires emojis to other people and high quality photos and videos, like what can be done in WhatsApp. The difference is that RCS will be on every phone, so no third party app required. Been around for a while now, with Google pushing it.
I use SMS, the app I use Textra, don't support RCS and i would turn it off anyway.
RCS is only going to be useful for messaging with old folks who don't own an iPhone but don't have WA.
With everyone else, it's more or less irrelevant.
With everyone else, it's more or less irrelevant.
RCS don't need a carrier to support it as Google have taken upon themselves to support it. Vodafone in the U.K, did support it using their own servers for a while but now Google is managing it
Vodafone is shutting off RCS messaging this week, pushes customers to Google Messages
Vodafone is shutting off RCS messaging for Android phones as it makes the switch to Google's implementation of the technology.
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If I changed over to the Google messaging app I could use RCS and my carrie don't support it. As for Android users seeking the cheapest phone, some of us do, well not the cheapest, but I certainly would not pay more than £200 for one, my last one was £140 and is 3 years old and still works fine. I don't see the point in paying stupid prices for phones that do the same things as mine, but slightly faster.
I can afford Apple products, I am using a Mac mini m2 pro, I could go out and buy a Iphone right now if I wanted to, just don't see the need to. I know of people who don't work and have benefits that have Iphones, it is easy to get one., certainly in the U.K. with packages being offered on pay monthly terms.
There are other ways to send videos if that is what you really want to do and photos, agin if that is really what you want to do. There is such thing as email and if it is a large video then use an online stroage system like dropbox. I don't use RCS as I don't have the need for it, SMS does everything I need it to do, it is in the name.