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The new standard will replace SMS as the default communication protocol between Android and iOS devices.

Messages from Android phones show up as green bubbles in iMessage chats, and chaos ensues.

RCS offers typing indicators and read receipts, allows you to send longer messages, and supports higher-quality images and videos.

It’s become the standard messaging protocol on Android phones as US wireless carriers fully adopted it over the past five years, but Apple has been stubbornly withholding support.

Pressure campaigns from Google and Samsung to adopt RCS probably aren’t what pushed Apple past the tipping point.

The company announced in November — seemingly out of the blue — that it would add RCS support in the upcoming year.

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