RCS brings a host of modern-day texting niceties into the picture, making the protocol a genuine competitor to the likes of WhatsApp and iMessage. The very first SMS text message was sent on ...

You'll soon be able to send full-resolution, max-quality photos to friends and family through Google Messages.

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.

Research Author Molly Gatford commented: “Accelerating growth of RBM in 2026 will also require operators to offer basic RCS messages at the same price as SMS. This will support enterprises ...

Update 11/1: Google is more widely testing this redesign of RCS Sending, Sent, Delivered, and Read receipts in beta. As of ...

Apple last month added RCS support to its latest iPhone software update, iOS 18, meaning that both Android and iPhone users .

Google Messages is testing a feature to allow users to share images with little to no compression, according to an Android ...

Soon, the most popular RCS app on Android, Google Messages, will gain the ability to send original quality photos. This is a new setting in the Photo Picker, a toggle that says either HD or HD+.

Following the last redesign in early 2023, Google Messages is testing a new look for read receipts in RCS conversations. Update 11/1: Google is more widely testing this redesign of RCS Sending ...