Key Takeaways
- Apple added RCS assist with iOS 18.
- A latest press launch from Samsung highlights the truth that RCS on iPhone lacks the encryption.
- GMSA is working to implement end-to-end encryption to its RCS Common Profile.
RCS messaging lastly arrived on the iPhone with iOS 18 in September. It primarily made messaging Android customers in your iPhone much more like iMessage.
Whereas there are various advantages to RCS (wealthy communication companies) messaging, like learn receipts, Samsung is reminding customers of 1 main downside relating to RCS chats with iPhone customers: a scarcity of encryption (by way of Android Police). Buried within the wonderful print of a Samsung press release highlighting the advantages of RCS, lies one fascinating word which reads:
“All members of a chat should have RCS enabled. Requires Google Messages for Android customers and iOS 18 or later for iPhone customers. Encryption is simply accessible for Android-to-Android communication.”
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Apple cares extra about iMessage than RCS
Apple may’ve added end-to-end encryption with its RCS implementation
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The press release from Samsung highlights a number of of the advantages customers see with RCS, whether or not it is enhanced group chats, textual content reactions, or high-quality media streaming. Google spent years pressuring Apple to undertake RCS. It even launched an ad campaign with the slogan #GetTheMessage.
Lastly, this yr Apple applied RCS with iOS 18, giving iPhone customers extra choices when speaking with family and friends on Android gadgets. Nevertheless, its implementation used the RCS Common Profile, created by the GSMA, which sadly would not embrace end-to-end encryption. The explanation Android-to-Android messaging has end-to-end encryption is due to Google Messages, which is constructed into the app. The GMSA does say it is working to deliver interoperable end-to-end encryption to its RCS Common Profile, so iPhone customers may have it sooner or later.
Nevertheless, Apple may have added end-to-end encryption to its RCS implementation if it actually needed to. For a corporation that prides itself on privateness and safety in its advertising and marketing, it is a bit of an odd option to lastly undertake RCS however go away encryption within the dustbin. It is good that iPhone customers can get pleasure from RCS chats with Android customers now, but it surely appears Apple remains to be laser centered on customers sticking to iMessage.
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