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Summary iPhones can now receive RCS messages, drastically improving the messaging experience between Android and iOS. Despite upgrades, green bubbles remain a designation for Android chats on iPhones.

Apple today is rolling out iOS 18 with support for RCS in a huge boost to the iPhone-Android messaging experience.

With this update, iPhone owners can send RCS messages over to Android users, meaning big updates to the messaging experience between the two.

The new option for RCS messaging isn’t required to continue communicating with your green bubble friends.