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iPhone 16 is here, but I’m hyped for just one reason: RCS on iOS 18 (chromeunboxed.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

The fact that iPhones are getting this before Android phones without Google Play Services tells you all you need to know about the nature of RCS. Android has lost all of its intrigue and fun in favor of becoming GoogleOS

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago (3 children)

As a GrapheneOS user, It would be nice if they made it available to their android platforms first.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It does work on GrapheneOS, but you need to have Google Play Services installed.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Google blocked it.

https://9to5google.com/2024/02/29/google-messages-rcs-rooted/

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

That is only on rooted roms and ones using MicroG. GrapheneOS is generally not rooted and uses Google Play Services by sandboxing it. I am using RCS on my Pixel 7 running GrapheneOS.

[+] [email protected] -11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

ALL my android buds (all 3 of them) would talk about RCS as the future, better than iMessage, proof that Apple is terrible for not having it and adding it.

So anyways my iPhone has RCS now and none of their androids do. Shocker.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Every android that has Google Play services has RCS, they just need Google Messages to use it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Meaning they have to install another app.

At which point they’d just as soon install signal and have something better.

None of their phones come with a RCS enabled messaging app by default.

My iPhone on iOS 18 does however. Which is my point entirely.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Every modern android phone I've used comes with Google Messages by defualt.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

RCS is not the future it's just a WhatsApp like app included inside the messages app. Google servers, closed source, centralized....

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