Apple wants no part of Google’s addition of end to-end encryption to RCS, and the iPhone maker will instead work with the standards body to mandate a universal version instead.
Privacy. That’s iPhone.
Apple surprised everyone on Thursday with a brief announcement that RCS would be supported by its products in 2024. However, there’s more to the story as it isn’t quite the same RCS Google Messages users have come to know.
Apple’s flavor of RCS won’t support Google’s end-to-end encryption extension
Apple’s flavor of RCS won’t support Google’s end-to-end encryption extension