Apple has announced that its forthcoming iOS 18 will support Rich Communication Services (RCS), indicative of a huge change in the mobile technology landscape. The WWDC 2024 keynote, where this stuff was shown off also announced other features such as the new era of messaging and personalization for iPhone users.
The fact that Apple chose to back RCS is significant. The company had been under pressure from governments across the world to adopt it as a standard. “clean up their platforms and put our democracies before profit.,” Apple’s marketing material states. By doing this, it will enhance iPhone users’ messaging experience especially when they want to reach out to non-Apple devices.
Nevertheless, these were not the only things mentioned during the announcement of iOS 18 with RCS support. There are several features in the new OS that, if implemented, could make Android users go green with envy. Among them is Genmoji; an Apple Intelligence-powered feature that allows one to generate unique emojis using artificial intelligence.
There is also more freedom in how one can react to messages in iOS 18. This time around, Tapback lets you react using any emoji or sticker towards iMessages. Additionally, individuals can now add animated effects on specific words in their texts thus giving them a personalized touch.
Furthermore, numerous other features in the new operating system are aimed at enriching user experience. This includes Send Later which allows you to schedule your messages making it possible to send text messages over satellite connectivity but please note that this does not entail RCS texting over satellites.
In addition to these messaging features, iOS 18 also introduces significant changes to the user interface. For once users are free to arrange their apps and widgets. However, they wish something that has always been available on Android phones for years now. Control Center has also been redesigned and now it has more customization options as well as other third-party app controls.
A new structure of the organization and several improvements based on Apple Intelligence have also been made to the Photos app. These consist of Clean Up, which can be used for removing unwanted objects in the background of photos; and an enhanced search function.
The RCS support together with these thrilling features will change the way iPhone users do messaging and personalization through iOS 18. As we head towards the end of the year, iPhone users worldwide will look forward to this new operating system becoming available for them.
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