Apple has been famously known to keep its messaging platform iMessage within its own ecosystem, preventing users to get it on third-party platforms. However, Android’s Senior Vice President Hiroshi Lockheimer has now invited the Cupertino giant to adopt the Rich Communication System (RCS) for messaging to “make things right.” The Mountain View giant also offered to help Apple with the RCS adoption on iPhones.
For those unaware, RCS is a next-gen messaging system that allows users to send not just text messages but high-res photos, payments, locations, and files through a device’s default messaging app. Google has been pushing the RCS client and has already integrated it into its messaging app on Android.
Now, before making RCS the standard client for messaging on all platforms, Google wants to bring Apple onboard as well. Hence, after a piece of recent news broke out, stating how the popular professional golfer Bryson DeChambeau is breaking iMessage group chats with green bubbles, the official Android account on Twitter compared iMessages’ green bubbles (that appear from senders who send messages from non-iPhone devices) with the famous Masters Green Jacket.
Now, although the Google executive did not mention Apple exclusively, one can easily assume that the “folks” in Lockheimer’s tweet refers to Apple. Lockheimer further added that they are willing to help the Cupertino giant with the adoption process.
