return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoiPhone 16 is here, but I’m hyped for just one reason: RCS on iOS 18chromeunboxed.comexternal-linkmessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down118cross-posted to: apple_enthusiast@lemmy.worldandroid@lemmy.world
arrow-up155arrow-down1external-linkiPhone 16 is here, but I’m hyped for just one reason: RCS on iOS 18chromeunboxed.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square56fedilinkcross-posted to: apple_enthusiast@lemmy.worldandroid@lemmy.world
minus-squareprettybunnys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down12·2 months agoALL my android buds (all 3 of them) would talk about RCS as the future, better than iMessage, proof that Apple is terrible for not having it and adding it. So anyways my iPhone has RCS now and none of their androids do. Shocker.
minus-squarepriapus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoEvery android that has Google Play services has RCS, they just need Google Messages to use it.
minus-squareprettybunnys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoMeaning they have to install another app. At which point they’d just as soon install signal and have something better. None of their phones come with a RCS enabled messaging app by default. My iPhone on iOS 18 does however. Which is my point entirely.
minus-squarepriapus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoEvery modern android phone I’ve used comes with Google Messages by defualt.
ALL my android buds (all 3 of them) would talk about RCS as the future, better than iMessage, proof that Apple is terrible for not having it and adding it.
So anyways my iPhone has RCS now and none of their androids do. Shocker.
Every android that has Google Play services has RCS, they just need Google Messages to use it.
Meaning they have to install another app.
At which point they’d just as soon install signal and have something better.
None of their phones come with a RCS enabled messaging app by default.
My iPhone on iOS 18 does however. Which is my point entirely.
Every modern android phone I’ve used comes with Google Messages by defualt.