Apple brought RCS (Rich Communication Services) messaging to the iPhone with iOS 18 last year, giving green-bubble users access to more features and functions. But what exactly is possible with RCS on ...

Since Google's push to RCS standards in 2019, Android's Messages app by Google offers great in-house features. After you've opened Google Messages and enabled RCS chats, you'll find typing indicators, ...

Rich Communication Services has taken roughly 15 years, and thanks to Google in the middle to fight the telco procrastination, to go from a GSMA standard on paper to something resembling a real, cross ...

Editor's Note: Verizon is warning an RCS texting change is in store for some users in 2025. Our latest story can be found here. Our original story continues below. If you've seen the letters RCS while ...

The shift from SMS and MMS to RCS represented one of the biggest upgrades for Google Messages ever. Not only has RCS already ...

Some Android users are reporting that Google Messages is refusing to send media files to other Android phones when RCS is enabled.

Apple added RCS to iPhone with iOS 18 in September 2024. Google reported in May 2025 that people in the United States were sending more than a billion RCS messages a day. In May 2026 the two companies ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. All change for iMessage. Updated on May 12 as Apple’s new messaging update goes live. It’s ...

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This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Amanda McGuckin Hager is CMO and CRO at TrueDialog, an enterprise SMS platform transforming ...