RCS offers a more modern messaging experience compared to SMS, and the latest version of the standard has a couple of key ...

The new RCS Universal Profile 3.1 offers upgraded voice note support, thanks to the xHE-AAC codec. It also improves network ...

Google Messages may be adding a “Details” button to help users report RCS chats connection issues more effectively.

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Macworld Apple announced in March that it would support RCS Universal Profile 3.0 in a future software update. That “future update” is expected to be iOS 26–either in September or soon after. RCS 3.0 ...

If another Android phone also has RCS enabled, text messages will automatically use the new protocol. Google is doing a slow rollout and only about 1% of Android phones will get the update Thursday.

Verizon & all US carriers now support RCS; it allows for richer messaging like WhatsApp. Apple will support RCS with iOS 18 to align with the GSMA Universal Profile, enabling cross-platform messaging.

Everybody with an Android phone can use the replacement for SMS now, called RCS. By using Google’s Android Messages app, they’ll get advanced chat features. Google has also formally announced ...

Signs in Android’s Gerrit source code management point to Android offering new APIs for developers to create RCS applications of their own. A new commit points to a wide variety of RCS-related ...

Editing sent RCS messages on Android will feel familiar to iPhone users who have been able to edit iMessages for a while now. A similar feature is also available in Meta’s WhatsApp.

Android messages will still be green when Apple switches to RCS. Foundry The company confirmed to 9to5Mac that iMessages will continue to be blue, and not-iMessages will continue to be green ...