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RCS is a mobile messaging standard succeeding SMS/MMS, adding read receipts, typing indicators, reactions and richer media sharing across carriers.
OpenAI's new Apple Messages plugin reads, searches and sends iMessage, SMS and RCS threads from a Mac. Sending is approval-gated by default, which makes persistent approval an admin decision.
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Apple's Messages app now handles in-line replies and reactions in RCS threads the way it handles them in iMessage. 9to5mac reports both belong to RCS 2.7, a standard whose edit and unsend features have yet to appear.
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Two of the five features route assistant output into system surfaces instead of a chat window: item locations saved into Find Hub on Android 16 and up, and camera narration launched from the TalkBack menu on Android 9 and up.
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The feature sits in beta and ships this fall, which finally gives anyone maintaining degraded-reaction strings or SMS-fallback branches a date to plan against, even though the version floor belongs to Apple's adoption curve.
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John Ternus arrives from hardware engineering while Tim Cook stays on as executive chairman with a remit that names engaging policymakers, which tells you which two problems Apple thinks need separate owners.
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MacRumors' iOS 27 guide describes one-tap suggestions that turn a thread into photos, calendar events and reminders. Every destination it names belongs to Apple.
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