rich communication services

If you’re running the iOS 18 developer beta, you may have noticed your Android friends aren’t the same green bubbles as they used to be. Carriers have been steadily rolling out RCS support on the backend, and plenty of iPhone-wielding folks have already reported decade-long feuds being solved due to Apple acquiescing…

Perfectionists unite (Virgos out there, raise your hands). Android will let you edit RCS messages you send through Google Messages. The company announced the ability, alongside other updates across the Android ecosystem.

Rich communication services (RCS) is already a big deal on Android phones with more than a billion users. Those numbers might be going up by the fall, as Google claims Apple will be joining the RCS party.

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Note: As I was getting ready to publish this piece, Beeper’s servers began faltering.

Google’s bet on RCS is paying off, or at least that’s what it wants us to think.

Could it be? Is Apple finally relenting and letting Android users frolic in its walled garden? 9to5Mac reports that an Apple spokesperson has revealed that RCS support is on the docket for next year’s iPhone launch.