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                   Apple to Support RCS in Messages Next Year

   Adam Engst

   At 9to5Mac, [1]Chance Miller writes:

     In a surprising move, Apple has announced today that it will adopt
     the RCS (Rich Communication Services) messaging standard. The
     feature will launch via a software update 'later next year' and
     bring a wide range of iMessage-style features to messaging between
     iPhone and Android users.

   Vast amounts are being written about this online ([2]Ars Technica,
   [3]Daring Fireball, [4]Six Colors, [5]TechRadar), but it sounds like it
   comes down to green-bubble friends being able to send higher-resolution
   photos and videos and remove themselves from group chats. Plus,
   green-bubble conversations will support pass-along of location data,
   typing indicators, and read receipts. Currently, Messages falls back on
   the crufty SMS and MMS standards for text messages.

   Apple has confirmed that RCS conversations will continue to use green
   bubbles, compared with iMessage's blue bubbles, so I suspect most
   iPhone users won't notice the change.

   [6]Read original article

References

   1. https://9to5mac.com/2023/11/16/apple-rcs-coming-to-iphone/
   2. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/11/apple-announces-rcs-support-for-imessage/
   3. https://daringfireball.net/linked/2023/11/16/apple-rcs
   4. https://sixcolors.com/link/2023/11/apple-will-add-rcs-support-to-messages/
   5. https://www.techradar.com/phones/iphone/breaking-apple-will-support-rcs-in-2024
   6. https://9to5mac.com/2023/11/16/apple-rcs-coming-to-iphone/

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