RCS coming to iPhone: Apple ends another conflict w/ Google, Samsung

RCS support is finally coming to the Apple iPhone in 2024. Recently, Apple announced that it will adopt the Rich Communication Services messaging standard. At the same time, iMessage isn’t going anywhere, continuing all communication between iPhone users.

RCS brings many iMessage-inspired features such as read receipts, typing indicators, high-quality images and videos, and more. With RCS on Apple, users will have the ability to share their location with other people inside text threads.

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It’s like a big victory for Google as it has been trolling Apple over the lack of RCS for a long time. Samsung, over the past few weeks, joined the Android maker to demand RCS support in iOS devices. Well, RCS has continued to develop and become a more mature platform than it once was.

In a statement to 9to5Mac, an Apple spokesperson said that the company believes RCS will offer better interoperability for cross-platform messages.

Later next year, we will be adding support for RCS Universal Profile, the standard as currently published by the GSM Association. We believe RCS Universal Profile will offer a better interoperability experience when compared to SMS or MMS. This will work alongside iMessage, which will continue to be the best and most secure messaging experience for Apple users.

iMessage isn’t going anywhere.

Apple’s iMessage will continue to be the messaging platform used for all communication between iPhone users. RCS will simply supplant SMS and MMS and exist separately from iMessage when available. In addition, SMS and MMS will continue to be available as a fallback when needed.

// 9to5mac