The green bubble-blue bubble divide may be getting smaller soon. 9to5Mac is reporting that Apple has confirmed it will support the RCS messaging standard that it’s long eschewed. That’s not to say that messages from Android devices will no longer appear green on Apple’s iMessage app. It does mean that texts from iPhones to non-iPhones will support the newer Rich Communication Services protocol, meaning they will not have to go through the aging SMS system.
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