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by ronnocoep 1382 days ago
Think Apple will ever agree to allow RCS into the iMessage ecosystem?
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theshrike79 1382 days ago
It's a Google-backed project, so I'd wager the probability around "Google will add iMessage and AirTag support to Android" -levels =)
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Jtsummers 1382 days ago
It's not really Google-backed, more Google-embraced. Google didn't even add support on their own carrier (Google Fi) until 2019.
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Dylan16807 1382 days ago
Partial support. The full version of "messages for web" and RCS are still mutually exclusive.
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DesiLurker 1382 days ago
my understanding based on google messaging is that google is interested but Apple prefers to have its walled garden.
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pretext-1 1382 days ago
Not on their own but there will be legislation. EU just passed the Digital Services Act which requires the largest of the messengers (e.g. WhatsApp, iMessage) to offer APIs for other platforms to interconnect upon request. Google could use this to connect RCS and iMessage users. Not exactly what they wanted (iOS implementing RCS natively), but same effect.
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viktorcode 1382 days ago
If it will take off among carriers, then yes. As things stand now it's a technology that "sometimes work".
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