And yet, Apple fought tooth and nail not to do it, just like they did when they were forced to go USB-C.
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More Than 1 Billion RCS Messages Are Sent Daily on Android and iOS
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sms is not nearly as reliable as rcs if your cell connection is remotely bad. RCS was a godsend for me cus I can finally message android friends with my wifi at home without turning on airplane mode.
its the same thing except rcs works over wifi for when cell signal is poor and its better at sending things in general. 🤷♂️
Google setup a RCS relay for people using Google Messages as carrier support for RCS was limited until Apple finally supported RCS. Because the GSMA outvoted Google they added end to end encryption as part of their non-standard implementation of RCS which does the exact opposite of what you are claiming. The carriers felt that transport encryption was enough. Apple finally getting involved in RCS they were finally able to push the carriers to allow E2EE in the standard.
Because it isn't true, in fact it is the exact opposite. Google non-standard implementation of RCS was about adding end to end encryption. The carriers were against E2EE, so Google implemented it in Google Messages. The newest version of RCS finally added E2EE in the standard, probably thanks to Apple throwing their weight behind it as well.
It will automatically switch between RCS, MMS, and SMS depending on support.
My sister uses Mint Mobile on a super cheap low data plan, but has unlimited SMS. Toward the end of the billing period when she runs out of data, our chats swtiching between SMS/MMS and RCS hased on whether she is on her home WiFi or not as she is out of data but has unlimited text messages.
Some carriers do contract with Google to provide their RCS implementation, but Google doesn't collect any of your text message data per their GDPR notices. Also in the near future RCS will finally have E2EE so they will be more secure than text messaging which doesn't even have transport encryption.
You can turn the read receipts off for RCS, just the same as for iMessage. How is there this much confusion out there about this?
It would be really nice if they fixed the issue with RCS not working correctly with a VPN enabled... I sometimes forget to turn it off only to realize much later that I've missed some messages if they don't default back to SMS automatically.
I don't get why you would turn on airplane mode to text.
I have not had many problems with text over the years, the only p[roblem I am having at the moment is with a text app called textra, for some reason a friend can't reply to any text I send via it, never used to happen, but is now, but she is the only person that have a problem.
If i see her today for coffee, I will have a look to see what is happening, because I don't like the Google messages app.
But it is not the same thing, SMS is just normally plain text, it changes to MMS if the text is long and to send silly emojis
No, it is a network don't support RCS problem. The Iphone version of RCS need support from the network, Android phones don't, so if the network don't support RCS, then it will pass though Google servers instead.
So if you have an Iphone, if your network doesn't support RCS, you are stuffed if you want to use it.
I know how it works, but that don't mean the RCS is more compatible, all it means is it switches to SMS when it needs to.
I don't need E2EE on text messages, unless somone wants to know when I am meeting my family or a friend for coffee, I don't send anything important via text.
Even so, knowing the U.K government, they will not allow E2EE as they are worried we might be planning something they don't like.
I never understood why they were forced to changed to USB-c, the e.U says it is to save waste. I[ doubt it will make any difference whatsoever.
I just bought myself a new electric saver, it uses 5 volts to charge, so why not force them to use USB c, instead of a mini figure of 8 connection? Just think of all the waste that would save
Don't get me wrong, I think having a standard connection is great, if I get someone to come here with their Iphone and they don't bring their cable and their phone needs charging then they are stuffed, with USB-C , i have plenty of those around here.
Cool? I don't think so, some of us just don't need it. We are not all the same. I could say, people just follow each other like sheep, but I won't
It isn't just the UK government, France, the EU, the US, and others also planned or planning similar things.
You have to turn on airplane mode to text so that the phone sends sms via wifi… with RCS it does that naturally .
Sheep? 😂
When my kids send me photos, I want the best quality of them. I also like the security RCS will have…. The main reason why I like iMessage so much… the security. Anyone at your phone company can see and read your texts.
I also message my business partners using Signal.
Unless you’re using Proton Mail or another like it, email providers can read your emails.
Before you said “I have nothing to hide,” we all have something to hide.
I had this issue years ago. I turned off iMessage, did a hard rest. When it came on, I turned on iMessage, did a hard rest again, and that fixed the issue.
I'm really not sure about the usefulness of RCS given most Americans use Facebook Messenger or WhatsApp as their messaging system. At least Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp are operating system agnostic, and has a huge user base in much of the world.
If you want to send videos between Android and iPhone it is a HUGE compatibility upgrade. The stuff my sister sends me no longer looks like it was filmed with a potato. So we no longer have to use a third party app just for media.
RCS is more agnostic as you don't need to download some third party software or sign up for an account.
Also most Americans use some text messaging app as their default form of messaging. In the USA SMS messages were quickly made part of plans as it literally cost the carriers little.