Apple and Google have led a cross-industry effort to bring end-to-end encryption to Rich Communication Services (RCS), making the…
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Apple’s iOS 26.5 brings end-to-end encryption to RCS messages in major step for cross-platform privacy
Apple continues to refine iPhone messaging experience with the upcoming iOS 26.5 update, introducing a long-awaited security feature for…
iOS 26.5 expected this month with a handful of new features
Apple’s iOS 26.5 is expected to arrive this May after more than a month of beta testing. As anticipated, the update is relatively minor…
Thanks to Apple, Americans are now sending more than one billion RCS messages per day
At the Android Show before Google I/O, Google provided an update on RCS (Rich Communication Services) adoption, a modern SMS…
Apple and Google to support end-to-end encryption for RCS messaging between iPhone and Android
On March 14, 2025, the GSMA, an association representing mobile network operators worldwide, officially unveiled RCS Universal Profile 3.0…
Meta’s WhatsApp hits 100 million monthly users in the U.S.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed this week that WhatsApp has surpassed 100 million monthly active users in the United States…
Apple adds support for RCS to Messages in latest iOS 18 beta; green bubbles remain
Apple’s Messages app adds support for RCS messaging in iOS 18 developer beta 2. This means iPhone users can now…
iOS 18 said to add a slew of new features to 15 of Apple’s iPhone apps
Apple is widely expected to show off iOS 18 during its June 10th WWDC keynote, including new features for many apps, including Safari…
Google touts RCS on the iPhone is coming in fall 2024
Alphabet subsidiary Google’s Android website has added a new landing page for Google Messages which touts that RCS on Apple’s iPhone…
Apple will support RCS, but keeps green bubbles for Android messages
Apple says it will support the RCS messaging standard that will make it easier to send texts between real and pretend iPhones, but messages…
Apple plans to kill SMS next year
Apple will add RCS messaging support to iPhone, iPad, Mac. It’s a move that’s very likely to finally kill SMS dead…
Apple to support RCS messaging with Android phones next year
Apple will add RCS messaging support to iPhone, iPad, Mac through a software release early next year, the company said in a statement…
Apple is right to keep ignoring Google’s lightly-used RCS messaging mess
Apple CEO Tim Cook said that Android green bubbles will remain as it continues to ignore Google’s lightly-used RCS messaging mess…
Google bemoans ‘green bubbles,’ demands Apple fix Android’s atrocious text messaging problem
Google is attempting to pressure on Apple to adopt RCS on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac so that green-bubble Android users will…
Apple reportedly to support RCS, the iMessage-like successor to SMS
Touted as an upgraded version of SMS, RCS is being spearheaded by the carriers…
Apple can transform enterprise communications — if they do this
While enterprises are certainly (and appropriately) adopting Apple’s solutions across their internal infrastructure, they must still communicate with customers…
Why Apple should release Messages for Android
In light of last week’s news that Google is backing a next-gen version of text messaging with iMessage-like features…
Google’s ‘Chat’ is not end-to-end encrypted like Apple’s iMessage
Google has been quietly corralling every major cellphone carrier on the planet into adopting technology to replace SMS…
