RCS is a developed communication protocol that modernizes text messaging using a user’s mobile data plan to send text messages via SMS or MMS. Google began promoting widespread use of RCS in 2019, ...

RCS 4.0 brings seamless cross-platform communication closer than ever ...

After countless ads and several years of Google’s pleading, RCS is an integral part of Apple’s Messages app. It wasn’t always that way, as I jumped on the experience almost immediately, activating it ...

Editor's Note: Verizon is warning an RCS texting change is in store for some users in 2025. Our latest story can be found here. Our original story continues below. If you've seen the letters RCS while ...

Apple brought RCS (Rich Communication Services) messaging to the iPhone with iOS 18 last year, giving green-bubble users access to more features and functions. But what exactly is possible with RCS on ...

Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. Apple is finally adding RCS messaging support to iOS in 2024, allowing for modern text communication features between Android ...

After a battle of words lasting many years, Rich Communication Services, or RCS messaging, is finally available on iPhones via Apple’s Messages app. In theory, iPhone and Android users can share RCS ...

David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...