RCS messages finally reach iPhones with a third-party app

21 August 2023
It is called Beeper, and while in Beta, it is the first to bring Google's SMS alternative to iOS.

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Covorniac, 30 Aug 2023The question is really how long can Apple charge $1000 for ... moreThe Samsung equivalent of an iPhone is the same price point

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    Baldilocks73, 29 Aug 2023Not sure why you are laughing. It's been true since da... moreYou won't get the similar experience with your iPhone if you compared it with your $250 Android fam.

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      404, 27 Aug 2023Most of Apple's income comes from sales of their iPhon... moreThe question is really how long can Apple charge $1000 for a phone when Androids with 12GB RAM and similar CPUs cost half that much? A refurbed iPhone Xs or Xs Max costs $200 and works fine.

        404, 27 Aug 2023> with much better security and a much more fluid experi... moreNot sure why you are laughing. It's been true since day one on the iPhone. Never gonna get that experience with Android.

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          Baldilocks73, 22 Aug 2023Anything other than iMessage or FaceTime is subpar. Why us... more> with much better security and a much more fluid experience
          This one really makes me laugh. Thanks for make my day better fam.

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            erodhika94, 21 Aug 2023Anti-competitive I see that's why they asked US gover... moreAnd some people ironically can't just accept this.

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              Anonymous, 21 Aug 2023It's much more than that. It can solve the bubble issue. Bubble issue is more like Americans own issue.

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                Covorniac, 21 Aug 2023Apple should make iMessage and Facetime available on Androi... moreMost of Apple's income comes from sales of their iPhones. How do you think they can sell more iPhones if they build a feature that keeps Android users from having to switch to iPhones?

                  Anonymous, 21 Aug 2023Is it realy hard to do little research, you can do it even ... moreYou copied an entire webpage but failed to provide any evidence that RCS can be sPiEd upon.

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                    • 25 Aug 2023

                    gsmarena commentors stop arguing all day challenge (impossible)

                      OpposedScroll75, 24 Aug 2023If you didn't know, Apple can read your iMessages thro... moreWOW, lucky you can disable iMessage being backed up to iCloud, huh?

                      You really thought you had some smoking gun?

                        Android-Never-Again, 24 Aug 2023rofl no effing way it's anywhere near as secureIf you didn't know, Apple can read your iMessages through copies of the end-to-end encryption keys stored in your iCloud backup. Also the Pegasus exploit was making rounds in 2021 (search it up if you want to know what it is).

                        If you thought that iMessage was some sort of safe walled-off garden for messaging, it clearly isn't.

                          OpposedScroll75, 23 Aug 2023RCS was made to be as secure and feature rich as iMessage. ... morerofl no effing way it's anywhere near as secure

                            RCS was made to be as secure and feature rich as iMessage. You not knowing anything about tech and making a baseless opinion around that is your own problem.

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                              Billoo, 23 Aug 2023Lmao. Bloatwares and Spywares. Another attempt to screw wit... moreI can 100% guarantee that you wrote this comment just to make yourself feel better because you lack a feature.

                              Calling something "bloatware" when you don't even know what bloatware means sure is an interesting way of looking at an app, isn't it.

                                Lmao. Bloatwares and Spywares. Another attempt to screw with privacy features!

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                                  potato4k, 22 Aug 2023RCS is a US problem only. Everybody else in the world don’... moreGoogle has made many attempts at messaging/chat/groups and they never lasted. RCS is already quite old and likely to die of neglect. I guess Apple will never come down from their high horse because they have plenty of suckers willing to pay $1000 for a phone worth half as much. So you are correct, every country has their own favourite and Google is wasting everyone's time with another half-baked product. They even bloated Gmail with video group chat that no one understands or uses. Check out Jitsi Meet if you want to see something good.

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                                    • 22 Aug 2023

                                    Dear Android keep your unstable spyware apps off our devices. Thanks

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                                      Anonymous, 21 Aug 2023RCS doesn't belong to Google. It's a messaging pr... moreOf which google has made their apps bypass your providers and and their own Jibe RCS servers. How about no. Apple is not dumb to implement this.

                                        RCS is a US problem only. Everybody else in the world don’t use SMS anymore other than for spam and OTPs. RCS is already outdated when there are already existing cross-platform alternatives like WhatsApp, WeChat, Line, Telegram, etc. Nobody cares about RCS other than Google. That’s why they’re the only one trying to make noise about it. Nobody, not even the carriers, care.