On August 9, Google launched a new campaign – “Get Messages”, forcing Apple to adopt RCS (Rich Communication Services). Through this campaign, Google is promoting all the goodness of RCS functionality and insults Apple for offering outdated features in iMessage for texting.
The US tech giant even suggested Apple and said, “It’s time for Apple to fix texting.” Google states that RCS is a major upgrade over traditional SMS and MMS functionalities, which should be optimized by Apple for easier messaging between Android smartphones and iPhones.
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Apple has a distinct and loyal fan base, who love everything Apple has to offer, whether it is years old or not useful to many. Android, on the other hand, is becoming futuristic day by day, leaving the iPhone maker far behind in terms of creation.
Consumers of Android and iPhones face a variety of problems with texting such as broken texts, blurry videos, broken group chats, and unavailable read receipts for years because Apple refused to adopt the RCS protocol for iPhones and other products. did.
“Texting between iPhones and Android phones use SMS and MMS, outdated systems from the 90’s and early 00’s. The result is a poor experience—they do not support modern texting features like end-to-end encryption, high quality media sharing, read receipts, typing indicators and more.
If Apple upgraded SMS/MMS to RCS, texting issues between iPhones and Android phones would be fixed.”
Texting a friend with a different phone than you should be no problem… Right? @Apple? #GetTheMessage pic.twitter.com/Qa1TDkmUSK
— Android (@Android) August 9, 2022
RCS
RCS (Rich Communication Services) is the modern industry standard for messaging. It is supported by most carriers and over 500 Android device manufacturers except Apple. It offers various modern texting features such as end-to-end encryption, high-quality media sharing, read receipts, typing indicators, and more.
Green Texts
Text messages that appear green on the iPhone are sent via SMS and MMS, older systems that don’t support modern texting features like end-to-end encryption, high-quality media sharing, read receipts, typing indicators, and more Huh.
Green Text Bubbles
Green text bubbles appear when you’re texting with someone who doesn’t have an iPhone (or someone who has iMessage disabled). But not only does the color of the bubbles change, but the experience also deteriorates.
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