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Google Executive Wants to Help Apple Make Texts Between Android and iPhone Users More Secure

A Google executive is extending an open hand to help Apple adopt RCS, a new communication protocol called Rich Communication Services to iPhone (https://www.macrumors.com/guide/iphone/) and iPad (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/ipad/), that would replace standard SMS and offer improved cross-platform messaging capabilities.





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In a tweet (https://twitter.com/lockheimer/status/1446193676883922953?s=20), Hiroshi Lockheimer, Google's senior vice president of Android, said that "group chats don't need to break this way," referring to a sub-tweet about the inconvenience Android and ‌iPhone‌ users have in communicating via messages. Alluding to the RCS protocol, Lockheimer goes on to state there is a "Really Clear Solution" and that he is offering an "open invitation to the folks who can make this right," with the "folks" in question being a reference to Apple.





Google has been rolling out RCS for the past several years, and in July, all three major carriers in the U.S. pledged to adopt RCS (https://www.macrumors.com/2021/07/20/major-carriers-android-adopt-rcs/), which, compared to SMS, offers support for higher quality photos and videos, audio messages, improved security, and better group chats.





With RCS, Android to Android messaging communication will become fully end-to-end encrypted. In contrast, Android to &zwnj;iPhone&zwnj; communication often referred to as the "green bubble," will be less secure due to Apple's unwillingness to adopt RCS.<div class="linkback">Tags: Google (https://www.macrumors.com/guide/google/), Android (https://www.macrumors.com/guide/android/), RCS (https://www.macrumors.com/guide/rcs/)</div>
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