I'm not losing hope, though ...

Google Messages has plenty of impressive capabilities, like the option to set custom chat themes, send location, and more.

Google's been trying, but it's not there yet.

Rich Communication Services (RCS) is a messaging standard Apple adopted in iOS 18 that is significantly enhancing the messaging experience between iPhone and Android devices. Think of it as SMS 2.0 – ...

Some Android users are reporting that Google Messages is refusing to send media files to other Android phones when RCS is enabled.

Google appears to be getting ready to take away a powerful RCS option for Messages, removing an easy path towards forcing SMS.

The future of inter-OS mobile messaging is here, it’s just unevenly distributed. With iOS 18, Apple has made it possible for non-Apple phones to message with iPhones through Rich Communication ...

In March, Apple said that it planned to add support for end-to-end encrypted RCS messages to the Messages app in future iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS software updates, and we are still waiting for ...

OS 27 includes two welcome new features for RCS conversations in the Messages app: inline replies and proper Tapback support.

Google has been pushing RCS as a standard that will replace SMS, criticizing Apple for not adopting it, and yet its latest update is only one tiny step closer to being suitable as an option for Apple.

iPhone users have been begging for RCS messaging for years, and for good reason. It lets you send high-quality photos, videos, and group texts without the MMS compression that blurs everything. While ...