Messaging on iPhone will include RCS support in 2024
Following years of pressure from Google for Apple to adopt the presently flawed RCS system within iMessage, Apple has committed to doing so during 2024.
Android does not have a true equivalent alternative to Apple’s iMessage on iPhone — despite the Nothing company trying — and Google’s previous attempts have failed. Consequently, Google has been trying to argue that Apple is failing customers by not supporting its nearest attempt, RCS, and finally Apple has caved in.
In a statement to AppleInsider, and other venues, an Apple spokesperson was clear about the RCS debut.
Part of the pressure on Apple to adopt RCS has been to do with how — in the US — there is a perceived stigma between the blue and green text messages of iMessage and other users. It’s a distinction that is simply not noticed in the rest of the world, where WhatsApp has typically far greater penetration than iMessage.
However, it should improved issues such as sending images and videos between iPhone and Android. At present, Android users in a group message chat will receive scaled-down images sent over traditional MMS.
