Apple is shocking the world today by adopting the RCS messaging standard for iMessage. When iMessage users are talking to people off the service, iMessage will soon be able to fall back to the RCS ...

Apple surprised everyone a few months ago when it announced that the Messages app would support RCS in addition to iMessage and SMS. That happened at a time when Google was relentlessly attacking the ...

The change will drastically improve communication between iPhone and Android users — but Apple barely acknowledged it. The change will drastically improve communication between iPhone and Android ...

Google has once again advertised the weakness of Android by begging Apple to enable RCS support in iMessage, a key feature of the iPhone. But Google is making a big fuss about something that's not a ...

Apple announced today that it will support RCS in 2024. This will bring encrypted chat support between iMessage and Google Messages. It is likely Apple is doing this to avoid going to court over it in ...

iMessage is pretty great, there’s no denying that, but adding RCS support to the app would make a better user experience for everyone – iPhone users and Android users alike. While Apple seems unlikely ...

Apple is staying true to its word in its integration of RCS (Rich Communication Service) to its iMessage and text messaging systems, one that would allow users to connect with others who do not own an ...

Commentary: Apple traditionally waits for an iPhone launch to roll out splashy new features. But there are multiple reasons why adopting the RCS texting standard shouldn't wait. Mike Sorrentino is a ...

Alongside a dramatic expansion of end-to-end encryption for iCloud data, Apple has two other major security announcements today. The company says that it will add support for using Security Keys to ...

Mike Sorrentino is a Senior Editor for Mobile, covering phones, texting apps and smartwatches -- obsessing about how we can make the most of them. Mike also keeps an eye out on the movie and toy ...