The entire world shifted from Short Message Service (SMS) to other chat services like WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, etc. The feature-rich alternative messaging apps lured users and have been improving ...

RCS is a messaging standard that enables richer text, high-quality media, reactions, typing indicators, enhanced security, and more. Galaxy phones can connect to RCS with the Samsung Messages app, ...

Apple announced at its Worldwide Developers Conference on June 9 that the next version of the iPhone's operating system will be called iOS 26, not iOS 19. The tech giant also announced that iOS 26 ...

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Messages for web is undergoing an important backend change, particularly for users on Google Fi. Instead of relying on older ...

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.

Apple added support for the Google-supported RCS (Rich Communication Services) message standard with iOS 18. RCS was created by the cellular industry to add advanced media and other features to ...

Apple has announced that it will add support for end-to-end encryption to RCS messaging on iOS, although there are few details about when this will happen. Now as first spotted by 9to5mac, the RCS ...

GenAI may have captured marketers' imaginations, but an equally impactful technology—Rich Communication Services (RCS)—is quietly transforming mobile messaging. RCS is set to dethrone Short Message ...

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 ...

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