Roses are red, iMessages are blue, RCS stays green, and Apple won’t support Google’s proprietary encryption

Apple quietly announcing plans to add RCS support to the iPhone's Message app wasn't on my bingo card for this year. The way the confirmation came out of the blue on Thursday afternoon was all the more surprising. Apple is finally adding RCS support to iMessage, which should improve texting between iPhone users and Androids.

But this won't change the way the Messages app works on iPhone. iMessage text will still be sent over the internet, complete with end-to-end encryption. RCS messages will appear green on iPhone, rather than another color, to differentiate them from iMessage and the SMS/MMS standard. RCS texts will not be encrypted.

Also, Apple is embracing the RCS standard that the GSMA developed, and that's a key detail here. It's not Google's RCS, which supports end-to-end encryption, but the unencrypted standard that carriers use. Does that mean the blue vs. green war will continue to rage on?

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