OS 26.3 beta code hints at the arrival of end-to-end encryption for RCS. Discover how Apple is adopting the GSMA 3.0 standard ...

Apple is preparing a major upgrade to iPhone messaging that could finally narrow the long-standing gap between iMessage and texts sent to Android phones. With i ...

Apple spent years ignoring RCS, allowing iPhones to offer a degraded messaging experience with Android users. This made Android folks unwelcome in many a group chat, but Apple finally started ...

With RCS messaging, you get features like typing indicators and the "Delivered" status message while messaging Android users. It also helps ensure high-quality videos and pictures are sent when ...

Google has been busy baking Gemini into all of its products (such as Android Auto) and adding support for all kinds of features, and RCS messaging may be next on the list. At the very least, it seems ...

iOS 18.4 is currently in beta testing, and with the recent beta 2 debut, it brought long-awaited RCS messaging support to not only Google Fi users, but also customers of some other big US carrier ...

Apple is planning to add support for RCS 3 in iOS 26, a move that could improve messaging capabilities between iPhones and ...

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 ...

Apple says it will add support for a new Rich Communication Services (RCS) specification that includes end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for messages sent over the protocol in future software updates. "End ...

Apple has announced that it will add support for end-to-end encryption to RCS messaging on iOS, although there are few details about when this will happen. Now as first spotted by 9to5mac, the RCS ...

GenAI may have captured marketers' imaginations, but an equally impactful technology—Rich Communication Services (RCS)—is quietly transforming mobile messaging. RCS is set to dethrone Short Message ...