Until Google’s surprise announcement, Apple had only remarked about the arrival as being “later next year,” following its announcement of RCS in November 2023.
The long-awaited announcement of when RCS messaging would become available on Apple’s iOS platform has come from an unexpected source, none other than Google. Until Google’s surprise and short-lived announcement, Apple had only remarked about the arrival as being “later next year,” following its announcement of RCS in November 2023.
While it appears Google has since removed the information from Android’s Google Message landing page about RCS coming to iOS in the fall, it appeared for a short time. The announcement was under a section describing the benefits of RCS, with a headline reading “Better messaging for all.
