Over a billion RCS messages are sent on a daily basis in the United States, Google said today. ‌RCS‌, or Rich Communication Services, is a communication protocol that replaced the prior SMS and MMS ...

RCS message open in iPhone messaging app - Kafka Ibram/Shutterstock After years of back and forth about blue bubbles and green bubbles, Apple finally addressed the need for better text messaging ...

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...

One of the perks of using instant messengers like WhatsApp is that you can send documents in PDF format. This is useful for sharing tickets to movies or events, flight tickets, invoices, receipts, and ...

Apple is now testing end-to-end encryption for RCS between iPhones and Android devices in iOS 26.4 Beta 2. This builds on last week’s rollout for iPhones only. The feature is still in beta and won’t ...

Apple is working on end-to-end encryption for RCS in iOS 26.3 Beta 2. The carrier bundles for the beta suggest Apple has added a new setting that would allow carriers to enable encryption for RCS for ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. The smart advice has been to switch to a fully encrypted platform.

Google is pretty good about adding protections against phishing texts and other scams. Look what it did with the Circle to Search feature on Android devices.

With RCS messaging, you get features like typing indicators and the "Delivered" status message while messaging Android users. It also helps ensure high-quality videos and pictures are sent when ...