Google Messages now lets you send yourself RCS messages – trust me, it’s more useful than it sounds

Google Messages now lets you send yourself RCS messages This allows for longer notes-to-self and high-quality photo and video uploads RCS messages sent to your own phone number are not encrypted The ...
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What carrier sends the most RCS messages every day?

Thanks to several companies (most of all Google; least of all Apple), RCS (Rich Communication Services) is spreading throughout the tech industry. Around the world, people are starting to experience ...
Android Authority

I tried out RCS messages between iPhone and Android: Here's how it works

After countless ads and several years of Google’s pleading, RCS has finally come to Apple’s Messages app. I jumped on the experience pretty quickly, activating it as part of the second iOS 18 beta ...
9to5google

Google Messages starts testing RCS message editing

Google’s work on letting you edit an RCS chat continues with some Messages users on Android already seeing this capability. This would bring Google Messages inline with other modern messaging services ...
Digital Trends

Google Messages might let you unsend awkward messages in RCS chats

Google Messages, the default messaging app on Android phones, could soon get new features that will let you unsend texts like third-party messengers. The unsend functionality is reportedly under ...
9to5Mac

iOS 18.4’s Messages app adds RCS features for lots of new users

Apple’s Messages app got some big upgrades in iOS 18, but one with the biggest potential impact—RCS support—has had a slow rollout among some carriers. Fortunately in iOS 18.4, Messages is bringing ...
Android Police

Google Messages just flipped the switch on self-RCS messaging

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...
Android Police

5 features RCS should take from iMessage

Sanuj is a tech enthusiast with a passion for exploring smartphones, tablets, and smart wearables. He started his tech journey with a Lumia smartphone, diving into Windows Phone. Later, he switched to ...
Android Authority

Google Messages better get this fix before iPhone RCS support rolls out

At some point this year, the unthinkable will finally happen: iPhones will support rich communication services (RCS). This will knock a few bricks out of the infamous “walled garden” that prevents ...
9to5google

Google Messages will soon let Android users text 911 using RCS

Google today announced a partnership that will allow Android users to message 911 through RCS. The capability is set to start rolling out this winter. Communicating with 911 over SMS is possible in ...
MacRumors

RCS Coming to Messages in iOS 18 for Improved Texts With Android Users

Apple today confirmed that it plans to implement support for Rich Communication Services, or RCS, in iOS 18 this fall. Apple software chief Craig Federighi confirmed ‌RCS‌ support when introducing new ...
Digital Trends

RCS messages are about to look a little different on your Android phone

You might soon see a change in how your messages look on your Android phone. Google Messages is rolling out a change to how the type of message is displayed. At present, it says either “Text message” ...