iPhone Gets RCS! With a Catch...
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well this was not on my bingo car for 2023 so from a hotel over the Las Vegas Strip you already know what's going on here a little update on Headline you might have seen today apple is officially officially going to be supporting RCS on the iPhone starting next year in 2024 big headline a lot of waves it's been making but a couple clarifications first of all it's not going to solve the blue bubble versus green bubble thing in the US that's still going to be a thing here because the key is it's being supported alongside iMessage which is still the blue bubble maybe they'll change the color or something but as far as features we'll get we should have higher quality media when texting an iPhone to an Android phone we should have read receipts we should have typing indicators the weird one though now is there is no end to-end encryption supported in this Universal profile that apple is choosing to support but there are also reports that they may be working with the gsma to maybe add encryption to this Universal profile by the time it shows up in 2024 so we'll see but RCS now on the iPhone soon
The short discusses Apple’s plan to add RCS support to the iPhone, set to arrive in 2024, in a context that emphasizes what this means for iPhone users and their messaging with Android devices. It notes that this move does not resolve the long standing blue versus green bubble issue in the United States, since iMessage will continue to coexist with RCS and the color distinction may persist or change in some form. In terms of concrete features, viewers are told they can expect higher quality media when sending messages to Android, the addition of read receipts, and typing indicators, all facilitated by RCS alongside iMessage. A key caveat highlighted is that the initial Universal Profile will not provide end to end encryption, though there are reports of collaboration with the GSMA to potentially add encryption by 2024. The overall takeaway is that RCS on iPhone will expand interoperability and media quality, while encryption protections may improve later, making the feature a significant but incremental update rather than a complete overhaul of iPhone messaging.
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