Just yesterday, I’m sure you remember, we told you that Apple had finally backed down, and subsequently will bring RCS-based messaging to iPhones at the end of next year. This came as a big surprise because Cupertino has been completely closed to updating native iOS features when it comes to messaging outside of iMessage, so users continue to depend on SMS/MMS or messaging services.

However, there are several questions that arose after reading the first headlines and although some received an answer on the spot, others remained in the air, ranging from nuances and small details to much more important matters. In the first group, where doubts were immediately resolved, was whether RCS messaging will be integrated into iMessage, or, conversely, will be accessible through the Messages app, but not integrated into the messaging service itself. Manzana.

In this regard, those from Cupertino clarified that the correct answer is the latter, that is RCS will be added to SMS/MMS in Messages, but iMessage will remain separate, albeit in Messages as well. It’s Apple’s way of adapting to a technology that has for years aimed to be the successor to SMS, but also to maintain its proverbial walled garden, represented in this case by its own instant messaging platform.

So since yesterday, the question has been repeated a lot if there would be a way to distinguish messages based on their network of origin, and as we can read in 9to5Mac, there is already an answer, and that is that Apple confirmed that liMessages will be displayed in blue “bubbles” while RCS messages will be displayed in green, as well as SMS/MMS currently. It really seems like a logical decision, although I wonder if it will hold up over time.

What i mean? Very simple, at the moment the instant messaging services that have to adapt to DMA are Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp, but as we told you in September, the European Commission began reviewing Apple’s accusations of including iMessage on the same listinvestigation with a maximum duration of five months, which means that we will receive an answer no later than February 2024. If at that time it is decided that Apple must also adapt iMessage to the DMA rules for instant messaging services, porterthose from Cupertino will have six months to introduce interoperability into their services. And in that case, we’ll have to see what they do with the bubble colors. Although of course it doesn’t matter at that moment.