In a surprising move, Apple has announced today that it will adopt the RCS (Rich Communication Services) messaging standard. The feature will launch via a software update “later next year” and bring a wide range of iMessage-style features to messaging between iPhone and Android users.

Apple’s decision comes amid pressure from regulators and competitors like Google and Samsung. It also comes as RCS has continued to develop and become a more mature platform than it once was.

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    1 year ago

    Sure those things are helpful but you still can’t even set a different default map, email, or browser app. I like Apple hardware, but I do not like their apps.

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      1 year ago

      Actually all three of those things have been possible for a couple of years now.

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          1 year ago

          You mean rebranded safari? That would be a no, but when I say rebranded Safari, that’s just the rendering engine, not the whole app. Other browsers can add features.

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            Other browsers, however, have to use the non-accelerated version of the WebKit engine, however. So third-party browsers will always have worse performance than Safari proper. Only Safari has access to the high-performance version of the rendering engine. I think that’s what the question was.

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      1 year ago

      Maybe in the further future they can renove the grip with sideloading so you can install not-safari firefox.