Apple is bringing RCS to the iPhone in iOS 18
www.theverge.com
Ding dong, the SMS is dead.

The long-awaited day is here: Apple has announced that its Messages app will support RCS in iOS 18. The move comes after years of taunting, cajoling, and finally, some regulatory scrutiny from the EU.

Right now, when people on iOS and Android message each other, the service falls back to SMS — photos and videos are sent at a lower quality, messages are shortened, and importantly, conversations are not end-to-end encrypted like they are in iMessage. Messages from Android phones show up as green bubbles in iMessage chats and chaos ensues.

Apple’s announcement was likely an effort to appease EU regulators.

  • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    65·
    5 months ago

    ABSOLUTELY. I have way more trust in iMessage’s privacy than RCS. I am ELATED for this change, but I want the colors different. I wouldn’t be upset if it changed from green to something else like peach or something, though, to reflect at least there might be SOME encryption or something going on.

    • ozymandias117@lemmy.worldEnglish
      62·
      5 months ago

      If you’re relying on iMessage for privacy, ensure you and everyone you’re messaging have gone to iCloud settings and enabled “Advanced Data Protection”

      • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        21·
        5 months ago

        Absolutely, and excellent advice. Most of my folks I talk about

        pirated

        Uhh

        movies

        …we’ll just say THC cuz it’s legal here

        with, whether it enabled or not, we go through Signal iPhone or Android

        edit: I read this again and it’s a terribly worded post but I think ya get it