MADISON, Wis. -- Apple recently announced it is upgrading its operating systems to support the Rich Communication Services protocol next year to make messaging with non-Apple devices more streamlined ...

Apple Inc. will finally enable iPhone and Android users to exchange messages via the RCS communications protocol. A company spokesperson told 9to5Mac today that the feature is scheduled to roll out ...

The Rich Communication Services (RCS) protocol offers major upgrades over SMS/MMS, including features like high-res images and typing notifications. The RCS adoption push was fueled partly by the ...

Please verify your email address. Google has pushed RCS as a universal messaging standard, urging Apple to adopt it. Verizon & all US carriers now support RCS; it allows for richer messaging like ...

Text messages sent between iPhones and Android devices will soon benefit from end-to-end encryption (E2EE), after the GSM Association (GSMA) yesterday published new specifications for the Rich ...

2024 is the year communication between Apple and Android phones should get significantly better. Apple has confirmed that RCS support will be coming to iPhones before the end of the year, with the ...

Say what?! After years of saying it wouldn’t happen, Apple will finally add RCS messaging standard support to the iPhone through a software release early next year, the company told TechRadar. The ...

Google has decided to deploy the Rich Communication Services (RCS) protocol on its own after waiting for years for carriers in the US to do so instead. While SMS has been a phenomenally successful ...

China is reportedly forcing Apple to replace the SMS and MMS system with RCS protocol, which is expected to arrive on the iPhone later this year. With RCS messaging, texting between iPhones and ...