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Apple announces that RCS support is coming to iPhone next year (9to5mac.com)

submitted 11 months ago by kae@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.ml

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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.

Apple’s decision comes amid pressure from regulators and competitors like Google and Samsung. It also comes as RCS has continued to develop and become a more mature platform than it once was.

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[–] ptz@dubvee.org 19 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Apple: (Finally supports a standard the rest of the world has been using for years) Look at us. So brave, so innovative. Also, we removed another port. Here's a link to a $29 dongle in the Apple store.

[–] Pantrygheist@programming.dev 7 points 11 months ago

*RCS Messaging will require the external coprocessor dongle, available at just 49.99

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com -4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Rest of us^by^ ^google^^TM^

Yeah...not really an open standard.

[–] Scary_le_Poo@beehaw.org 2 points 11 months ago

RCS is an open standard. Many mobile providers dragged their feet for so long that Google finally just started making it so that Google messages would relay RCS through their servers. The whole point is for the carriers to have RCS servers. Blame the carriers not Google for this. For once, Google isn't the one that did something shitty.