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He prepared for tonight Apple one of the most important and at the same time most surprising announcements in recent years. Spokesperson Appspecifically through the TechRadar and 9to5mac announced that Apple is planning to introduce support for RCS, or Rich Communication Services, later next year. In other words, this means that iMessages will lose its main advantage in the form of support for sending high-resolution images and videos, voice messages, reactions, and so on. Why? Because RCS can be described very simply as SMS on steroids, copying exactly iMessagewhich is already supported by Google as part of the standard. 

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Rich Communication Services is a communication protocol designed and adopted by Google. Smartphone manufacturers and operators (including Czech ones) around the world have already adopted RCS, but Apple its acceptance is resisted. Google however on Apple has been pushing for RCS adoption for a long time. They are trying to do this, for example, through a long-term advertising campaign involving billboards, websites, pressure on social networks and more. Apple Although he did not listen to his words for a long time, nevertheless, given that iMessage The European Union has also started to "poke" and is supposed to consider an "opening" regulation iMessage third-party communicators, apparently the Californian giant decided that it could just let RCS on iPhones iMessage protect from EU regulation. 

Compared to MMS and SMS, RCS offers support for higher-resolution photos and videos, audio messages, and the ability to send larger files. It also includes improved encryption for user-to-user communications.iPhone‌ and Android, the ability to respond with emoji across platforms, and increased reliability for group conversations across devices. But there's also a read indicator and the like, so you can truly say that RCS messages are de facto cross-platform. iMessages. 

If you are interested in the operating conditions, all you need to send RCS messages is an internet connection, either via mobile data or WiFi. On iPhonech will take this type of message place next to iMessagewith the fact that iMessages will continue to be the default for communication iPhone - iPhoneFor communication iPhone – Android will now default to RCS messaging, but classic SMS and MMS will still be available in case RCS is not available (for example, due to the other device not supporting it, etc.). 

RCS Support Announcement Applem is actually extremely surprising, because just about a year ago his boss Tim Cook in one of the interviews he said that the introduction of support for this standard is not for Apple by no means a priority, as Apple fans simply don't want that. So now we're seeing a 180-degree turnaround and a de facto imaginary peace with Android, which already supports RCS. Instead of trying to maintain exclusivity iMessage in fact, it ultimately simplifies multiplatform communication by introducing support for its "copy". 

It is not yet clear how RCS messages will look in the Messages application, because Apple did not announce many details about his intention. However, it can be assumed that the thread chatthere will be a new color variabubbles that will distinguish RCS messages from classic SMS and iMessageHowever, one thing is certain - text communication as we know it will change fundamentally, as it will become much simpler thanks to the multiplatform nature of RCS.

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