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iMessage to Android RCS Messages Might Finally Be Super Secure

Kellen January 15, 2026 8

RCS has been a part o the iOS and iMessage bag of tools since 2024 with the release of iOS 18. Since then, there have been billions of RCS messages sent between Android and iOS devices, proving that the adoption by Apple was a really big deal for messaging....

Following RCS Landing on the iPhone, More Than a Billion RCS Messages Sent Every Day in US

Kellen May 13, 2025 3

As a part of today's "The Android Show" announcements, Google shared that there are now more than a billion RCS messages sent every day in just the US. That's a massive number that was certainly boosted by Apple's adoption of RCS at the end of last year with...

New RCS Universal Profile 3.0 Adds End-to-End Encryption, Apple and Google Both Included

Kellen March 14, 2025 9

From the moment that RCS went live in iOS 18 and the world of iPhone owners joined the party that we've had over here on Android, there has been one missing piece to make this a truly great cross-platform messaging experience. I'm talking about end-to-end...

iOS 18 Now Live, So That Means RCS

Tim September 16, 2024 43

iOS 18 is now available for all supported Apple devices, which is great news for Android users. If you haven't been following, iOS 18 supports RCS (rich communication services), which is what Android users have been using for quite a while on supported apps (...

Google Gets Excited About RCS Coming to the iPhone

Kellen July 31, 2024 35

Apple really has committed to bringing RCS support to its Messages app when iOS 18 releases later this year. For beta testers of iOS, you can already send RCS messages to your Android friends. It's a big deal, for the most part, because it should improve the...

Apple Confirms RCS for iOS 18

Kellen June 10, 2024 26

At the end of 2023, Apple made a commitment to support RCS in the iPhone Messages app at some point in 2024. The news was huge, but we didn't know at the time if a big update to iOS would be required or if they could push support on the backend. Then in March,...

FCC Considers Investigating Apple’s Battle With Beeper Mini

Kellen February 13, 2024 5

If you thought the story of Beeper Mini attempting to act as the go-to iMessage service on Android was over, you would be wrong. While Beeper called it quits back in December of last year because Apple had figured out several ways to block Beeper Mini from...

Beeper is Done Fighting to Make iMessage on Android Work

Tim December 22, 2023 19

One day not so long ago, iMessage on Android is working thanks to Beeper Mini. The next day, it's dead. A few days later, it's back thanks to workarounds. Then, Apple kills it again. Beeper CEO, Eric Migicovsky announced this week that they are done with the...