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iOS 27.3 May Expand RCS Support to Australia's Telstra in December

ios 26 5 rcsIn a support document that it has since deleted, Australian carrier Telstra said RCS support would be available starting with an iOS update coming in December. If this timeframe remains accurate, then iPhone users with Telstra will likely be able to use RCS in the Messages app starting with iOS 27.3.

RCS has many benefits over the traditional SMS standard for text messaging with Android users, including end-to-end encryption, read receipts, typing indicators, in-line replies, and more. Apple maintains a list of supported carriers.

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Top Rated Comments

3 days ago at 09:12 am

and then when it happened. Nobody cared.
You mean YOU don't care. RCS is life changing with messaging between iOS and Android. The only thing better would be Apple releasing imessage for Android.
Score: 22 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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3 days ago at 09:53 am

Use WhatsApp like everybody else.
Who is "everybody"? I've never used WhatsApp. Never needed it. Never missed it. SMS has worked fine when iMessage wasn't available. RCS adds end-to-end encryption for message interchange with Android. Signal works fine for interoperability. WhatsApp is just another proprietary app. If you don't like iMessage because it is proprietary, why would you recommend WhatsApp which is proprietary?
Score: 10 Votes (Like | Disagree)
3 days ago at 10:54 am

Use WhatsApp like everybody else.

It's rapidly gaining share in USA as well. iMessage is totally unheard of outside USA whereas absolutely everybody uses WhatsApp. And yet iPhone retention is extremely high.

Lots of carriers do not seem to support RCS at all. I think it's time for European Comission to step in and issue a 15 billion EUR fine...to Apple of course.

RCS is dead. New features are introduced at a glacial pace. It's designed by a committee which means that everybody, the carriers, device OEMs, telecom infra providers and so on have to agree. Deploying new features is incredibly complicated and slow, whereas Meta etc. do not need this kind of process. They control everything.

Designed by committee is how you kill innovation and the ability to compete against proprietary platforms. You just can't do consumer stuff like this.
One reason why not use Whatspp: Meta.
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
2 days ago at 12:16 pm

RC-what?

Oh, that thing from 2023... where they, took Apple to court... and forced it... and then when it happened. Nobody cared.
ignorant
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
3 days ago at 10:58 am

Use WhatsApp like everybody else.

It's rapidly gaining share in USA as well. iMessage is totally unheard of outside USA whereas absolutely everybody uses WhatsApp. And yet iPhone retention is extremely high.

Lots of carriers do not seem to support RCS at all. I think it's time for European Comission to step in and issue a 15 billion EUR fine...to Apple of course.

RCS is dead. New features are introduced at a glacial pace. It's designed by a committee which means that everybody, the carriers, device OEMs, telecom infra providers and so on have to agree. Deploying new features is incredibly complicated and slow, whereas Meta etc. do not need this kind of process. They control everything.

Designed by committee is how you kill innovation and the ability to compete against proprietary platforms. You just can't do consumer stuff like this.
im not losing sleep over it, but whatsapp being owned by meta is one reason why i prefer to use something else if its available
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
3 days ago at 10:32 am
Good to see RCS support being provided by another carrier. Still waiting for it to be supported in my region and network.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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