Google Messages RCS conversations with iPhone have some quirks

Earlier this week, Apple released iOS 18 beta 2 (in the US) with support for Rich Communication Services (RCS). The experience of talking to someone via RCS on your iPhone using Google Messages is very simple, but it's clearly a first.

After updating to iOS 18 Beta 2, the RCS Messaging toggle (Settings > Apps > Messages) will be enabled by default if you're on a compatible carrier, such as AT&T, T-Mobile, or Verizon. Currently, you can't enable RCS on iOS if you're on an MVNO, such as Google Fi. However, once RCS is active on your iPhone, it doesn't matter which carrier your Android recipient is on.

When you open a conversation on your iPhone in Google Messages, you'll see “RCS Messages” in the text field, with read/delivered notifications, typing indicators, and high-resolution images and videos all working perfectly.

iPhone and Android conversations via RCS

Google Messages indicates that a conversation isn't end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) with a lock icon with a slash through it.[メッセージの詳細]of[タイプ]will say “Rich Communication Services message” instead of “End-to-end encrypted Rich Communication Services message.”

Google offers its own E2EE for one-to-one and group conversations in Messages on Android, and since Apple wants to add encryption to its RCS Universal Profile standard, Google will likely move to whatever the industry group decides in the future.

Meanwhile, if you go to the conversation details page, you'll notice some settings are missing: when you're talking to someone on an iPhone, the thread doesn't have an on/off toggle for “Send SMS and MMS messages only,” and in most cases there's no card detailing your E2EE status (unless you've switched your SIM from Android to iOS and it was active before).

Android and iOS

In group conversations, you can change the name and sync it for all members, as well as “Leave the Group.”

Google will likely update its Messages app to address these discrepancies ahead of the release of iOS 18 this fall, but other than that, it's a very simple experience and should have been done sooner.

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