Samsung has confirmed it is now shutting down its Messages app. Starting in July, it will be removed from app stores and will ...

WhatsApp’s has just shown why Apple’s next upgrade — bringing fully encrypted RCS messaging to iPhone — still lacks critical ...

Apple is preparing its biggest change to iPhone messaging in more than a decade, introducing enhanced support for Rich ...

With RCS messaging, you get features like typing indicators and the "Delivered" status message while messaging Android users. It also helps ensure high-quality videos and pictures are sent when ...

Apple tested end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messages exchanged between iPhone and Android users in the iOS 26.4 beta, but Apple made it clear the functionality was not going to launch in the iOS ...

One of the perks of using instant messengers like WhatsApp is that you can send documents in PDF format. This is useful for sharing tickets to movies or events, flight tickets, invoices, receipts, and ...

Apple says it will add support for a new Rich Communication Services (RCS) specification that includes end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for messages sent over the protocol in future software updates. "End ...

With the release of iOS 16, Apple sees its Messages app pick up a slew of notable updates with one notable exception: RCS (Rich Chat Services). Despite Google’s continued attempts at public shaming, ...

RCS support will arrive as part of iOS 18 this fall. This is expected to be the RCS Universal Profile 2.4, which differs a little from Google’s current version. In a blink and you’ll miss it moment, ...

New research from AI-first cloud communications platform Infobip shows that the era of simple, one-way notifications is over.

Yesterday’s Apple RCS u-turn came as a big surprise, as the company had previously indicated that it had no plans to support the rich communication services (RCS) messaging standard. But while the ...