Key Takeaways
- Apple added RCS help with iOS 18.
- A current 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 basically made messaging Android customers in your iPhone much more like iMessage.
Whereas there are lots of advantages to RCS (wealthy communication providers) messaging, like learn receipts, Samsung is reminding customers of 1 main disadvantage relating to RCS chats with iPhone customers: an absence of encryption (by way of Android Police). Buried within the fantastic print of a Samsung press release highlighting the advantages of RCS, lies one attention-grabbing notice which reads:
“All members of a chat will need to have RCS enabled. Requires Google Messages for Android customers and iOS 18 or later for iPhone customers. Encryption is just obtainable 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 does not embrace end-to-end encryption. The explanation Android-to-Android messaging has end-to-end encryption is because of Google Messages, which is constructed into the app. The GMSA does say it is working to carry 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 wished to. For an organization that prides itself on privateness and safety in its advertising and marketing, it’s kind of of an odd option to lastly undertake RCS however depart encryption within the dustbin. It is good that iPhone customers can take pleasure in RCS chats with Android customers now, however it appears Apple remains to be laser targeted on customers sticking to iMessage.
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