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In a surprising move, Apple has announced today that it will adopt the RCS (Rich Communication Services) messaging standard. The feature will launch via a software update “later next year” and bring a wide range of iMessage-style features to messaging between iPhone and Android users.

Apple’s decision comes amid pressure from regulators and competitors like Google and Samsung. It also comes as RCS has continued to develop and become a more mature platform than it once was.

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 1 year ago (9 children)

That means google is going to open the rcs api up to other devs soon too...right? Right??

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago (8 children)

It says in the artical they plan to use rcs the standard as currently published by the GSM Association. So I assume they won't be using Google version. Unless I'm misunderstanding it.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (7 children)
[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Samsung Messages is RCS enabled too, fyi.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Only because they have some leverage over Google. It's also reliant on using Jibe. Which is where Google can get info on your social graph.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago)
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