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Good Day: RCS Enabled, Now Working on iOS 18

Tim June 26, 2024 22

Android owners with iPhone friends who are running the iOS 18 beta, you'll want to hear this news: RCS has been enabled and appears to be working between iOS and Android devices. We've been doing a bit of testing with it this morning, and while there still...

iOS 18 Intros Apple Intelligence (AI), Custom Icon Colors, and More

Tim June 10, 2024 31

Apple introduced iOS 18 this morning, coming to an iPhone near you shortly. Inside, Apple has injected a ton of goodies, some of which may sound very familiar to us Android fans. The marquee feature for iOS 18 is Apple Intelligence ("AI" for short). Coming...

Apple Confirms RCS for iOS 18

Kellen June 10, 2024 26

At the end of 2023, Apple made a commitment to support RCS in the iPhone Messages app at some point in 2024. The news was huge, but we didn't know at the time if a big update to iOS would be required or if they could push support on the backend. Then in March,...

Time to See What Apple’s Cooking Up

Tim June 10, 2024 14

It's WWDC this week, meaning Apple is about to unveil all of its major software changes for things like iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, etc., etc., etc. As Android users, we have been absolutely bombarded with artificial intelligence (AI) in all of our...

Apple Commits to 5 Years of OS Updates for New iPhones

Tim June 5, 2024 45

It's been a long time since I cared about the iOS vs. Android battle, but for those still keeping score, we officially have another tally on the Android side. In a move to meet compliance standards overseas, Apple has made it public that it intends to support...

Samsung Replies to Apple’s Controversial Smash Ad, Because Why Not

Tim May 16, 2024 12

If you're a resident of the internet, you maybe heard about the latest advertising controversy regarding Apple and a "crushing of creativity" with its latest Crush ad spot. To defend Apple's ad group, I actually think it was a cool ad. The idea was, they were...

Google, Apple Create Spec to Ensure You Aren’t Unknowingly Being Tracked

Tim May 13, 2024 9

Google and Apple announced this week that they have partnered up to create a new industry specification -- Detecting Unwanted Location Trackers. Available to Android 6.0+ and iOS 17.5+, the spec was created with Google's new Find My Device network in mind,...

Official: RCS Arrives for iPhone This Fall

Tim March 29, 2024 22

When news broke in late 2023 that Apple would bring RCS to iPhone owners, there was no specific timeframe for its availability. This week, Google has gone ahead and apparently confirmed that its coming this fall, thanks to a new graphic on its Messages website...