RCS Universal Profile 4.0 is ready, introducing the prospect of video calls and richer messaging features for apps like ...

Apple's iOS 26.5 beta reintroduces end-to-end encryption for RCS chats with Android, bringing a big security upgrade to cross ...

Apple tested end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messages exchanged between iPhone and Android users in the iOS 26.4 beta, ...

Native video calling could finally mean an end to juggling multiple apps ...

iPhone and Android users might be able to make interoperable video calls through their messaging apps — eventually. Last week ...

RCS message open in iPhone messaging app - Kafka Ibram/Shutterstock After years of back and forth about blue bubbles and green bubbles, Apple finally addressed the need for better text messaging ...

Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. Google's been a big proponent of RCS, the standard that modernizes text messaging with features like high-quality media, typing ...

History proves that text messaging between Android and iOS users has been more often frustrating than not. But recent changes are making it easier to communicate between the two platforms. RCS is the ...

I have eight years of experience covering Android, with a focus on apps, features, and platform updates. I love looking at even the minute changes in apps and software updates that most people would ...

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 ...

Ever wondered why your text messages sometimes fail to send, show up pixelated or don’t appear at all on the other person’s end? It might not be your phone, but your carrier’s messaging support.