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From: Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk>
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Subject: Re: Carriers are only slowly adapting to iOS 18 beta RCS integration
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2024 20:22:11 +0100
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Andrew wrote:

> While I'm on record for not caring about RCS with Android...

It's not the be all, end all for me either.

> RCS should help in platform compatibility and RCS should help four ways:
> 1. Those who pay for MMS will get to use RCS for free, instead.
> 2. Large video/audio will be platform compatible
> 3. Group chats won't be mangled on iPhones
> 4. RCS adds something about read receipts I'm not familiar with

depending on settings, you can tell if a message is delivered and/or 
read, also there's a setting so you can see if the other person is 
currently typing.

> I'm not sure about encryption though, Andy.
> What's the situation with RCS encryption currently between iOS & Android?

It's end-to-end for android-to-android is all I know, from the sounds of 
it android-to-iphone encryption isn't very likely.

None of my iphone contacts will be running developer firmware, so 
conversations with them they haven't "lit up" as RCS chats yet.