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You can now edit RCS chats in Android Messages

Android’s RCS message capabilities are inching closer to iMessage’s. Google said today that you can now edit RCS messages, bringing them into parity with the iMessage editing feature Apple added two years ago.

Apple said it would support RCS in the Messages app starting in 2024, giving iPhone owners typing indicators, read receipts and high-resolution media sharing when chatting with their Android phone-toting friends. Although Apple hasn’t provided a specific timeline, the assumption is RCS will arrive in iOS 18, which we’ll learn about in its June 10 WWDC keynote ahead of a fall launch. If you aren’t familiar with it, the clever feature lets you blend two emoji in Gboard to send franken-moji stickers to friends.

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