And that is its only limitation, which only allows you to message between iPhone. However, Tim Cook's boys will end this, allowing Android users to use it, accommodating it to RCS standard.
This standard will arrive with iOS 19 and will make the messages or iMessage app definitely leave the gap between iOS and Android users, ending the SMS, taking a key step.
Messages between iPhone and Android
With iOS 19, one of the most important changes will be the incorporation of end -to -end encryption in RCS messagessomething that until now was only available in Issssage. This means that neither Apple nor any other entity can read the content of the messages sent between devices, guaranteeing greater security and privacy. Until now, the lack of encryption in the messages between iPhone and Android was one of the main criticisms of the Apple platform, especially compared to messaging applications such as WhatsApp or Signal.
In addition to encryption, iOS 19 will include other functions that will bring the experience of RCS messages closer to what Imessage users already enjoy. Among them, the arrival of online responses is expected, which will allow citing specific messages within a conversation, facilitating the organization in group chats. This is a characteristic that was already present in Issssage since iOS 14 and that will now be available in conversations with Android users, which will finally be possible.
Another of the great novelties will be the possibility of editing messages after having sent them. This function was introduced to Imessage with iOS 16 and allows you to correct errors.
Together with the messages, iOS 19 will also allow Cancel the sending of a message in the conversations between iPhone and Android. This means that if a user sends a message by mistake or regrets what he has written, he can eliminate it before the recipient reads it, as already happens in Issssage or WhatsApp.
Apple applies the RCS standard
Finally, Apple will implement full support for Tapbacks (reactions) In messages between operating systems. This will allow to react to messages natively, without Android users receiving text notifications as currently. Until now, when an iPhone user reacted to an Android message with a “like” or a “heart”, the recipient received a text description, which made the conversations more confusing. With iOS 19, the reactions will work in the same way as in Imessage, offering a much more integrated and fluid experience.
Although Apple has not confirmed the exact date of implementation, everything indicates that these improvements will arrive with iOS 19 or in a subsequent update, such as iOS 19.1 or 19.2. This movement involves an important position for the company, which until now had resisted adopting the RCS standard.
