communication
In the future, easier chats between iOS and Android
Apple has so far refused to support RCS. photo
© Zacharie Scheurer/dpa
Apple announces support for the RCS standard for messages between iPhones and Android devices, a significant innovation.
Currently, iPhone users can communicate with each other via Apple’s in-house chat system iMessage, while conversations with Android users take place in the same messaging app via SMS. You can tell the difference by the color of the speech bubbles: blue for iMessage, green for SMS.
Apple has so far refused to support RCS. This triggered criticism from Google, among others; according to industry circles, the Internet company did not rule out a complaint to the EU. With the U-turn, Apple could also respond to the requirements of the new EU law Digital Markets Act (DMA), which stipulates a greater opening of platforms.
The Android camp criticized, among other things, that the exclusivity of iMessage was a competitive factor that made it difficult to say goodbye to the iPhone because users did not want to lose their usual chat environment. In Apple’s Messages app, only iMessage users can join groups with several people. For smooth chat communication between iPhones and Android phones, many people turn to cross-platform apps such as WhatsApp from the Facebook group Meta.