They're going to implement the open standard ... which isn't what most Android users are actually using. Does Google's Messages app gracefully transition to the RCS standard if that's what the other person is using?
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NENathaniel@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
This is great but surprising news. Hopefully the implementation is actually good
kirklennon@kbin.social 11 months ago
NENathaniel@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
No idea but, I suspect that Apple will have some negotiating power here, hopefully weakening Google’s control and making it mostly open
Corgana@startrek.website 11 months ago
I imagine they’ll probably keep the blue bubbles and some features exclusive to iMessage users, but this is still great news.
I wonder if this will encourage Google to allow Fi users to have RCS while texting from PC…
13617@lemmy.world 11 months ago
What do you guys think is going to happen with like an open RCS standard? RCS is only available on Google messages.
tcely@fosstodon.org 11 months ago
RCS has always been an open standard.
Only Google has done the work to implement it for billions of devices, so far.
That has never prevented Apple from also implementing the standard on their devices.
https://www.gsma.com/futurenetworks/rcs/universal-profile/
@13617 @Corgana
GhostlyPixel@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yep, they’ll definitely stick to the blue green system that already exists, threads with greens will just be improved from what they were/currently are