by dbadmin | Oct 7, 2024 | Apple iPhone, Apple Messages and iMessage, News, Polls, RCS, Survey
Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Apple recently caved to pressure from users, lawmakers, and Google to bring RCS messaging to the iPhone. This feature essentially allows users to enable modern messaging features such as read receipts, typing indicators, and...
by dbadmin | Oct 5, 2024 | Apple iOS, Apple iPhone, Features, RCS
I’ve been a Google Pixel fan for a long time. Part of that fandom means I’ve been using and enjoying RCS in Google Messages for about as long as it’s been available. I’ve also been listening to Google beg Apple to “get the message” for years, but I was never entirely...
by dbadmin | Oct 2, 2024 | Apple iPhone, MVNO, News, RCS, US Mobile
Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Apple iPhones on US Mobile’s Verizon-based Warp network now support RCS, the operator announced. RCS isn’t available on the carrier’s other networks just yet, though, but this support is coming. Apple’s iOS 18 update finally...
by dbadmin | Oct 1, 2024 | Google, Google Wear OS, News, RCS
Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Wear OS smartwatches cannot send RCS messages independent of a phone connection. A future update to Google Messages could enable standalone RCS on Wear OS smartwatches, letting you send and receive RCS messages on your...
by dbadmin | Sep 23, 2024 | Apple iOS, Apple Messages and iMessage, google messages, News, RCS
Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority It turns out that Android phone owners can rename a group text for iOS owners in the group. Apple has long allowed any iPhone users in a group text to rename the group, though. By contrast, Google Messages previously allowed you...
by dbadmin | Sep 19, 2024 | Google, News, RCS
RCS is here, and that means texting between Android and iOS just got a whole lot nicer. Google brings its talking Pixel and iPhone back to help promote the accomplishment. Of course, Google can’t help but criticize Apple just a bit for being this late to the party....
