With RCS rolling out on the iPhone yesterday, Google is looking ahead on new features including cross-platform end-to-end encryption (E2EE) between Android and iPhone. The governing GSMA body says the ...

iOS 18 is rolling out today with RCS to improve the Android-iPhone messaging experience, but support is not yet enabled for all carriers, including Google Fi Wireless. In a statement, Google tells us ...

The blue chat bubble means RCS is on, but I'm still waiting on the lock icon that's supposed to follow it.

Apple’s game-changing new iPhone update is now just a few weeks away. And while iOS 18.2 is all about Apple Intelligence, it also hugely improves the security and privacy around photo sharing, and—in ...

One of the perks of using instant messengers like WhatsApp is that you can send documents in PDF format. This is useful for sharing tickets to movies or events, flight tickets, invoices, receipts, and ...

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After a battle of words lasting many years, Rich Communication Services, or RCS messaging, is finally available on iPhones via Apple’s Messages app. In theory, iPhone and Android users can share RCS ...

Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. Google's been a big proponent of RCS, the standard that modernizes text messaging with features like high-quality media, typing ...

There has now been a change spotted on Google Messages, which saw the "No Encryption" logo gone from under each chat sent to Apple's iPhone RCS, indicating that end-to-end encryption may arrive soon.

Google Messages may soon finally support higher-quality image transfers over RCS. Right now, iPhone (beta) users can send high-res pics to their Android friends on Messages, but it doesn’t work the ...

RCS, short for Rich Communication Services, is the cornerstone of next-generation texting. It enables a bevy of features, works with handsets from multiple manufacturers, and, unlike internet-based ...

Yesterday, Apple officially launched iOS 18 for the general public. The announcement came right after a week the Cupertino giant unveiled the iPhone 16 lineup. Although iOS 18 brought numerous ...