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Apple’s Pledge to Support RCS Messaging Could Finally Kill SMS (www.wired.com)

submitted 2 years ago by LollerCorleone@kbin.social to c/technology@kbin.social

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Apple’s support for the widely used messaging standard will make it easier for Android phones to share messages with iPhones—while ditching the old and flawed SMS standard.

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[–] nevernevermore@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is SMS not still needed for those with dumb phones? I get sunsetting the standard for smartphones but there are still humans that use SMS right?

[–] LollerCorleone@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Yes. I am not a big fan of SMS support being removed..