SMS between iPhones and Androids were a slog. Indeed, Apple limited its users to SMS during the messaging of Androids, which deleted many of the modern cat features to which we are used – as, say, functional group cats.
Which has radically changed once Apple has deployed the support for RCS: This messaging protocol has been standard on Android for years, but allowing iPhones to use it rather than SMS, “green bubbles” conversations were not as shabby. On the contrary, RCS adds most of the main Imessages advantages to which you might expect, such as entry indicators, sharing high quality images and videos, and, of course, group cats that work.
But the transition is not yet complete. RCS supports more features than these, but not on iOS. This includes end -to -end encryption (However Some Android cats in Android are not encrypted either), and the edition of messages, or the possibility of adjusting a message after having sent it. Fortunately, it changes now.
As indicated by Android AuthorityThe publishing of multiplatform messages now takes place to users of Google Messages. This means that if you send an SMS to an iPhone user via RCS in Google Messages, you will be able to modify this text up to 15 minutes after sending it. Android Authority confirms the function iOS 26 beta. This applies to group cats as well as head-to-face messages.
What do you think so far?
It is of course an excellent update, but it comes with major warnings. First of all, it seems to be deployed in limited tests. Although Mishaal Rahman of Android Authority has access to the functionality, it seems that Google makes a slow launch, so you may have to wait before you see it on your side. At this point, if you have an iPhone, you won’t See it on your side, at least not yet. For the moment, this is only Google Messages feature, and not something that Apple is currently taking care of. In fact, edited messages appear to be a whole new message to iPhone users, with an asterisk at the top to indicate that something has been changed.
Imessage himself supports the editing of messages (and end-to-end encryption, by the way), but as Imessage only works between iPhones, it is another feature that will not appear when you send SMS to your Android friends. I hope that, as RCS advances and that Apple adopts more of its functionalities, we will see more multiplatform support for these features. Maybe soon, you can send SMS to Android users via RCS knowing that your messages are protected by end-to-end encryption, or be able to modify a message you have sent from your iPhone to any contact, not just your other iPhone friends. Currently, however, it seems that the user of Google messages have the advantage here, while users of us iPhone will have to read their entirely modifications.
