{"id":134045,"date":"2023-11-17T16:48:24","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T16:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=134045"},"modified":"2023-11-17T16:48:24","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T16:48:24","slug":"apple-says-rcs-support-is-coming-to-the-iphone-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/lifestyle\/apple-says-rcs-support-is-coming-to-the-iphone-next-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Says RCS Support Is Coming to the iPhone Next Year"},"content":{"rendered":"
Apple has announced it\u2019ll be rolling out RCS support for iPhone models next year. RCS, standing for \u201cRich Communication Services,\u201d is a type of messaging standard that works over mobile data, unlike SMS, and is designed to be implemented across platforms.<\/p>\n
This means that many features that are currently exclusive to Apple\u2019s iMessage could soon be available on Android and other devices \u2013 namely, blue texts instead of green.<\/p>\n
The \u201cgreen text\u201d stigma isn\u2019t a new debate within the tech community. Just earlier this month, London-based company Nothing launched an app for its own phones, specifically geared towards allowing non-iPhone users to send blue text messages.<\/p>\n
\u201cLater next year, we will be adding support for RCS Universal Profile, the standard as currently published by the GSM Association,\u201d an Apple spokesperson told 9to5Mac.<\/em> \u201cWe believe RCS Universal Profile will offer a better interoperability experience when compared to SMS or MMS.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThis will work alongside iMessage, which will continue to be the best and most secure messaging experience for Apple users,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n Along with blue texts, RCS support could allow non-iPhone users to share their locations with other devices in messages. Apple is currently working on developing RCS support for a 2024 release.<\/p>\n In other tech news, YouTube\u2019s new AI tool generates clones of artists\u2019 voices. Apple has announced it\u2019ll be rolling out RCS support for iPhone models next year. RCS, standing for \u201cRich Communication Services,\u201d…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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