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Apple announces that RCS support is coming to iPhone next year (9to5mac.com)
submitted 11 months ago by kae@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.ml
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In a surprising move, Apple has announced today that it will adopt the RCS (Rich Communication Services) messaging standard. The feature will launch via a software update “later next year” and bring a wide range of iMessage-style features to messaging between iPhone and Android users.

Apple’s decision comes amid pressure from regulators and competitors like Google and Samsung. It also comes as RCS has continued to develop and become a more mature platform than it once was.

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[-] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 74 points 11 months ago

Really? Like honest to God? They aren't gonna gimp the implementation, are they?

[-] ayaya 90 points 11 months ago

Yellow bubbles for all RCS messages.

[-] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 80 points 11 months ago

Yellow bubbles and the text notification sound is permanently a teenage girl saying "ewww"

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 29 points 11 months ago

Brown bubbles

[-] Hexagon@feddit.it 3 points 11 months ago

Shit bubbles

[-] SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago

What if we call it “rose gold”?

[-] mean_bean279@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

Honestly that would make texting people on Android from an iPhone so much fun.

If they wanted it to have a dark pattern they should make the text slightly blurry or move one pixel back and forth to annoy us and the text tone is the sound of someone throwing up and is un-mutable so you’re forced to either listen to it at full volume or block them (ideal??).

[-] araozu@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

You will be shamed and sentenced to isolation from the rest of the US if caught with a disgusting yellow bubble. Have some self respect, buy an iphone, use imessage

[-] morrowind@lemmy.ml 61 points 11 months ago

Probably will. They're only doing it for legal reasons, not out of the kindness of their heart

[-] Thatuserguy@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago

It feels almost a guarantee they're gonna do something stupid to ruin it somehow, don't you worry about that

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

Apple never fails to disappoint.

[-] GuyFleegman@startrek.website 13 points 11 months ago

We all know the bubbles will still be green

[-] Microplasticbrain@lemm.ee 12 points 11 months ago

Meh, doesnt bother me, its the iphone users that tend to care

[-] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

I’ve really never met one that really cared, other than knowing that a green bubble meant you knew that certain things weren’t available in chat

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