One of the big surprises this year was Apple’s embrace of RCS messaging for iMessage. Now, it looks like it’s working right.

Apple has finally added support for Rich Communication Services (RCS) in its latest iOS 18 beta release. Some iPhone users with the new software can now send enhanced messages to Android devices. RCS ...

Apple wasn't too excited to do so, but it finally added RCS messages on iOS 18, paving the way for SMS to finally be a thing ...

Apple has fixed the issue of Android reactions appearing as separate messages on iOS, now showing them in-line with message bubbles, enhancing iPhone-Android messaging compatibility.

According to The Verge, emoji reactions now display correctly on both iOS and Android. In their test, they sent reactions ...

Verizon delayed ending its Message+ app until December 9. They suggest switching to Google Messages for better texting ...

RCS‌ is also supposed to support emoji reactions from Android users, but it wasn't working properly when ‌iOS 18‌ launched.

You can say goodbye to the dreaded “🥲 to ‘why the hell aren’t emoji reacts working?’” from iOS to Android with RCS.

Is this a sign that the dreaded green/blue bubble battle is finally ending? Apple is finally allowing Android users to send ...

As it prepares to transition over to Google Messages fully, Verizon has delayed its Message+ shutdown by another month.

Phone owners can say goodbye to texts from Android owners that spell out their emoji reaction to a message. They'll just need ...

The experience texting between Android and iPhone has never been particularly great — primarily down to Apple’s own stubbornness in adopting the RCS standard. Images and videos were compressed more ...