Samsung has released a new video in support of Google’s #GetTheMessage campaign which calls for Apple to adopt RCS or “Rich Communication Services,” the cross-platform protocol pitched as a successor to SMS that adopts many of the features found in modern messaging apps… like Apple’s own iMessage.

  • Crashumbc@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Imessage app is also backwards compatible to sms from what I understand so you can still old style txt with everyone that has a phone

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      1 year ago

      Right. Messages was an SMS app, and iMessage was a feature added to it to provide a better experience between iPhone users, when data was available. If it’s not an iPhone, or data isn’t available, it seamlessly falls back to SMS.