IT House January 11 news that for the past few years, Google has been promoting a new communication protocol RCS to replace the current SMS standard. RCS supports higher resolution pictures and videos, audio messages, larger files, improved encryption, and more.
Last week, Hiroshi Lockheimer, google's senior vice president of Android, said that iMessage dominates texting users, causing younger Android users to feel ostracized when it comes to communicating with iOS users. The official Android Twitter also retweeted the message.
The relevant remarks have aroused heated discussion on Twitter, and have also been interpreted by some users as Google's hope that Apple will provide iMessage on the Android platform.
It House understands that today, Lockheimer clarified this, saying that Google "did not ask Apple to provide iMessage on Android", but only hoped that Apple "supports the industry standard of modern messaging", that is, RCS.
Lockheimer lists a series of reasons why Apple should adopt RCS, including cross-platform read receipts and typing indicators, improved group text messaging, and more.
"Supporting RCS will improve the experience for iOS and Android users." Lockheimer said, "RCS will also improve the experience and privacy of iOS users. Lockheimer concluded by noting that Google would be happy to work with Apple to make RCS interoperability a reality.
Previously, Google Messages specifically adapted to the iMessage response message, when receiving the iMessage response message, Google Messages will correctly display the symbol and indicate "translated from the iPhone".