iPhone, RCS and iOS 18
iOS 18 Brings RCS Messaging to Your iPhone, Here's How to Enable It
Apple released iOS 18 to the general public on Sept. 16, a week after the company announced its new iPhone 16 lineup, Apple Watch Series 10 and more at its September event. The update brings many new features to your iPhone,
End-to-End Encryption Coming for iPhone-to-Android RCS Messages
The GSM Association (GSMA), the organization responsible for developing the Rich Communication Services (RCS) standard, announced on Tuesday that
iOS 18: How to check if your carrier supports RCS on iPhone
Thankfully, Apple has a support document available where you can check if your carrier has enabled RCS for the iPhone. The page gives you a list of carriers for each country. If your carrier hasn’t rolled out RCS support for the iPhone, you’ll want to bookmark this page and keep checking back.
RCS Messaging on iOS 18 Explained: All Things an iPhone User Should Know
Messaging experience between iOS and Android is getting a serious upgrade thanks to RCS on iOS 18. Here's everything you need to know.
How to enable RCS messaging on iPhone to text Android users
You can enable RCS messaging on iPhones running iOS 18 or later. Once you install iOS 18 on your phone, you'll need to enable RCS in your messaging settings. You'll also have to check if your carrier supports the RCS protocol or not.
RCS texts on the iPhone aren’t encrypted now, but that could change
In the announcement, GSMA technical director Tom Van Pelt said the next milestone for RCS Universal Profile is the “first deployment of standardized, interoperable messaging encryption between different computing platforms.
RCS is now rolling out to iMessage on iPhones with iOS 18
We've finally made it past the finish line, folks. The day is here, and at long last, the iPhone-to-Android messaging experience is about to get a whole lot better thanks to Apples (likely-reluctant) inclusion of RCS in iMessage.
iPhone user on Google Fi? Here's why you don't have RCS yet
Apple's iPhones finally have RCS, but it's not available to iPhone owners on Google Fi. Now, Google has revealed the reason for this.
New iPhone Update Warning—From A Very Surprising Source
Sometimes timing really is everything, and so it is with a bemusing new twist for iPhone users updating to iOS 18, despite a ...
Apple officially rolls out RCS for iPhone, but many carriers still don't support it
With the launch of iOS 18, iPhone users are finally able to exchange rich text messages with their Android counterparts. But ...
RCS on iOS 18 Not Working? Try These Fixes
The latest iOS 18 brings the RCS messaging standard on iPhones. Read on to learn how to fix RCS on iOS 18 not working ...
Apple’s RCS Update Confirms Critical Missing Features On Launch
As hundreds of millions of iPhone users update their devices to iOS 18, tinting their home screens and navigating their new ...
Green Bubble Chats on iPhone Still Have Some Issues
RCS on iPhone was supposed to be a saving grace when texting Android users from iOS. In reality, it comes with some problems, ...
Google's cute talking Pixel and iPhone are back to welcome Apple to the world of RCS
The talking iPhone and Pixel are back, as Google congratulates Apple on (finally) joining the RCS messaging party.
RCS comes to iPhones and a massive EU fine is overturned in a banner week for Google
Apple confirmed last November that, after years of public prodding from Google, it would implement RCS messaging in iOS.
RCS-enhanced iMessage in iOS 18 still has security issues when adding Android users
Apple's adoption of the RCS protocol in iOS 18 has improved communications in iMessage between users of iPhones and Android, ...