Apple brought RCS (Rich Communication Services) messaging to the iPhone with iOS 18 last year, giving green-bubble users access to more features and functions. But what exactly is possible with RCS on ...

The iOS 18.1 update introduces support for a new RCS messaging feature and fixes a known issue affecting devices in the iPhone 16 range. Here's what you need to know about the release. On Monday, ...

iOS 18, which was officially released on September 16, 2024, introduced the Rich Communication Services (RCS) standard, which enables the exchange of multi-functional messages between different ...

Apple released iOS 18 to the general public in September, a week after the company announced its new iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Pro, Apple Watch Series 10 and more at its September event. The update brought ...

iOS 18.4 Beta 2 appears to add an RCS toggle for Google Fi and T-Mobile MVNOs, but activation of the feature is still pending for some users. This marks a shift from September when Google said Apple ...

Apple’s Messages app has certainly come a long way. When the first iPhone launched in 2007, it could only send SMS — there weren’t even picture messages. Then it got MMS protocol support in iPhone OS ...

Here's how to check if your carrier supports the messaging protocol, how to enable it and when Apple could bring end-to-end encryption to the protocol on your iPhone. Zach began writing for CNET in ...

Apple’s Messages app got some big upgrades in iOS 18, but one with the biggest potential impact—RCS support—has had a slow rollout among some carriers. Fortunately in iOS 18.4, Messages is bringing ...

The US agency in charge of cyber defense (CISA) has warned iPhone users to disable "Send as Text Message" to prevent SMS ...

Apple is planning a whole range of new functions for its RCS support for the upcoming iOS version – and possibly also macOS –. It was already known that iOS 19 will finally include end-to-end ...