Phones and Android smartphones started to play more nicely together after Apple finally opted to support the Rich ...

RCS allows users on both systems to share high-quality media, be 'seen' when messages are read, and know when someone is ...

A new update allows Android users to edit RCS messages sent to iPhones. The feature is limited for now, but marks a step ...

If you're texting a friend with an iPhone from your Android phone, then you can't edit messages. That's no longer the case.

If you're using an Android phone, you can switch off read receipts for Google Messages by opening the Messages app. Tap your profile in the top-right corner and go to Messages settings > RCS chats.

The version code, messages.android_20250402_00_RC00.phone.openbeta_dynamic, is as lengthy as the detail it's introducing and points to a recent test build released on April 2, 2025.

Text messages sent between iPhones and Android devices will soon benefit from end-to-end encryption (E2EE), after the GSM Association (GSMA) yesterday published new specifications for the Rich ...

RCS messaging in Apple Messages Of course, a new standard is only good if it’s actually adopted… but it looks like we may not have to wait long for that to happen. Apple says it plans to use ...

Read receipts are a sore spot for a lot of couples, friends, family members, employers — really anyone who sends and receives text messages these days. It wasn’t always like this.

This isn’t so much of an issue in direct messages, where you can rely on read receipts, but in group chats it can be harder to gauge what proportion of the chat’s members have read your latest ...

To enable this feature: Open the Messages app on your Android device. Tap your profile picture in the upper-right corner. Go to Messages settings and select RCS chats. Turn on the toggle for Send ...

We have now seen this change in the latest Google Messages app beta (version messages.android_20241029_00_RC00.phone_samsung_openbeta_dynamic), which you can see in the video above.