Google might have by chance revealed when Apple will add RCS to iPhones

What you might want to know

• Google added a bit to the touchdown web page for Google Messages that exposed when Apple will help RCS messaging on the iPhone.
• Later, Google pulled the part from that touchdown web page, however the info stays obtainable by means of screenshots and the Wayback Machine. 
• Whereas Apple introduced that RCS messaging would come to the iPhone later this yr, Google clarified in its promotional materials that it’s going to particularly be obtainable in Fall 2024. 

Google lastly gained its battle with Apple final yr, because the Cupertino-based firm agreed to help RCS messaging on the iPhone later this yr. Now, Google seems to have leaked Apple’s timeline for RCS availability in iOS. In a new landing page for Google Messages, the corporate shared that Apple “will likely be adopting RCS within the fall of 2024.” Hours later, this touchdown web page has been utterly scrubbed of references to this timeline. 

In actual fact, the complete part that exposed Apple’s plans to help RCS messaging this fall has been eliminated. In it, Google described RCS messaging by saying, “Hi there hi-res, goodbye blur,” referencing the improved high quality of pictures and movies shared over RCS in comparison with SMS or MMS. Clicking the See extra options button opened up an expanded highlight of RCS, the place Google outlined Apple’s timeline for supporting the messaging commonplace.

Here is what the part concerning Apple’s upcoming help of RCS on the Google Messages touchdown web page seemed like earlier than it was taken down:

Now, that complete part is gone on the exact same Google Messages touchdown web page. Whereas the part was solely reside for a matter of hours, it was partially captured by the Wayback Machine. There have been initially three important function spotlights: customization, photomoji, and RCS. Within the reside model of the touchdown web page, solely the primary two sections stay, with smaller sections for different options that stay beneath.