Its a beautiful time to be alive!
Thesecond iOS 18 developer betafeatures the new RCS capability quietly announced atWWDC 2024.
Those bravely braving the developer beta on a daily driver can now send rich messages to their Android brethren.
Photo: Florence Ion / Gizmodo
Audio and video sent between devices will no longer be compressed down.
And youll see when an iPhone user has left you, dear Android user, on read.
9to5Macreports that only some U.S. carriers are currently on board with RCS.
If its not there, your current provider hasnt turned it on yet.
And maybe revert to a stable version of iOS!
For instance, Ive preferred my WhatsApp experience for sharing high-res messages with my iPhone-using peeps.
Well see how it lands when iOS 18 hits iPhones this fall.
News from the future, delivered to your present.
