Will Apple finally add RCS messaging to iPhones? We’ll find out this week

No matter what Google says, there's no meaningful blue vs. green bubble problem impacting cross-platform messaging between iPhone and Android. Smartphone users learned long ago how to bridge the gap; WhatsApp is the best example of that. It's the most widely-used chat app worldwide, with over 2 billion users, far exceeding the reach of iMessage and RCS. It works on iPhone and Android, providing the same rich texting features and end-to-end encryption as iMessage and RCS.

Google is dying to have Apple add RCS support to the iPhone since iMessage continues to be perceived as a competitive advantage over Android. On its own, Google will never convince Apple to add RCS to the iPhone. But regulators might do it, especially in the European Union. The EU block will reveal this week whether iMessage is a "gatekeeper" platform in the region, which would force Apple to make it work with rival services.

Apple, unsurprisingly, is arguing that iMessage doesn't meet the EU's requirements to be labeled a gatekeeper.

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