Apple introduced in March that it could assist RCS Common Profile 3.0 in a future software program replace. That “future replace” is predicted to be iOS 26–both in September or quickly after. RCS 3.0 will present the power to encrypt iPhone-to-Android messages, in addition to different options to make the expertise between iPhones and Android telephones extra seamless.
A kind of options consists of message enhancing. In accordance with a report by Android Authority, Google has been slowly deploying the power to edit messages despatched to iPhone customers. After a message is shipped, the Android person has a 15-minute window the place they’ll long-press the message to disclose a pencil icon. Tapping the icon places the message into an edit mode the place adjustments might be made and the message resent. The function labored on messages despatched to iPhones working iOS 18.5 and the iOS 26 developer beta.
Android customers hoping for his or her edits to go unnoticed shall be upset to know that the iPhone shows the edited message as a brand new one with an asterisk–the edited message doesn’t change the unique message. Nonetheless, whereas iPhone customers are in a position to edit messages despatched to different iPhones, they aren’t but in a position to edit RCS messages despatched to an Android telephone. Apple might enable the performance as soon as it implements RCS 3.0, nevertheless it’s additionally possible that it retains it as an unique iMessage function.
The brand new Android function appears to be in testing, as it’s accessible to a restricted variety of customers. Google will widen its availability as it really works out the kinks and finally roll it out to all customers.
