One of the biggest pain points of texting between iOS and Android may finally be over.
However, iPhone users still have limited control over whether messages send as RCS or SMS.
Personally, I experience issues where messages randomly switch between the two, even within the same thread.
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Apple previously made it clear that it only supports the most basic version of RCS in iOS 18.
However, emoji reactions only work on RCS version 2.7, not the RCS Universal Profile.
Either Apple updated the protocol without notifying anyone, or Google silently made a change on its end.
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Google has a track record on that score.
It previouslygot basic Tapback reacts to work correctlyin 2021 between Messages and iMessages.
RCS between iOS and Android still isnt perfect.
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Personally, I find that my texts occasionally revert back to SMS for no apparent reason.
Perhaps one day, far in the future, we might have truly encrypted messages between iOS and Android.
News from the future, delivered to your present.
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