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Apple announced RCS with a whimper when it should have been a bang
(www.theverge.com)
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Apple will finally adopt RCS in iOS 18, effectively ending a yearslong fight for feature parity between iMessage and Android.
Apple didn’t go over how RCS adoption will finally let iPhone and Android users send each other high-resolution pictures and videos.
Apple was largely forced to support RCS in response to the mounting pressure from global regulators and competing companies.
Apple was the only holdout, and regulators, combined with some bad press (remember when Tim Cook told a guy to buy his mom an iPhone?
It’s just too bad that the long-awaited unification of the iPhone and Android’s messaging systems was drowned out by unsettling AI-generated emoji and jiggling iMessage bubbles.
Even without Apple’s acknowledgment, I’m just stoked that I’ll finally be able to exchange photos and videos from the 21st century with my iPhone-wielding friends and family members for once.
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