Google has start to wave out the Google Messages update , which enables user to pick out custom message bubble color and background .
9to5Googlereportsthe update previewed late last yr is lento rolling out to all users of the RCS - based communication app . user will be able to pick out a “ change colours ” option within a finical conversation and customise the hues for messages sent , received and the backcloth coloring for the confab .
The report said the changes only utilize to content exchanged within theRCS standardrather than SMS , so it wo n’t quite lick the result for messages switch between iPhone and Android proprietor . At least for now .
The two - tiered blue and dark-green bubble discussion has become a symbolic battleground in the last twosome of age with Googleaggressively promote Apple towards encompass RCS messaging . That hold reciprocal benefit of deliverance report , read receipts , encryption and high-pitched resolve video and trope when sharing messages across platforms .
Apple has somewhat conceded a modification is unavoidable and project tointroduce support for RCS messagesbetween iPhone and Android at some point this year ( believably within iOS 18 this fall ) , while iPhone - to - iPhone messages will continue to be conducted over the iMessage communications protocol .
In a statement last November , Apple said : “ Later next year , we will be adding funding for RCS Universal Profile , the standard as presently published by the GSM Association . We believe RCS Universal Profile will offer a well interoperability experience when compared to SMS or MMS . This will work alongside iMessage , which will remain to be the good and most unassailable message experience for Apple users . ”
rightful parity between the two messaging platforms is unlikely as long as Apple keeps iMessage lock down . The decision of the European Union to allow this suggests that will persist the case indefinitely . In the main , though , support for RCS should solve most of the beefs between the two platforms several fans .
