Last November, hell froze over and Apple finally caved and agreed to support RCS on iPhones, after many, many years in which Google and others have been asking it to. RCS brings iMessage-like features to messages sent in between any devices that support it, regardless of who makes them. At that time, Apple only said that RCS would arrive on iPhones "later next year", so "later in 2024", that is. Today Google has pinpointed a more specific launch time frame: "fall of 2024". That sounds a lot like a very strong hint at RCS making its debut in iOS 18, which will be announced on June 10 but...

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