Knowing how to unsend an iMessage on iPhone can help you out of a pickle if you accidentally shoot off a text to the wrong person. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos)

iMessage could gain new text effects in iOS 18, including the ability to animate individual words in a message. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos)

Apple’s Messages icon Apple plans to add a new text effects for individual words feature to the company’s Messages app in next-gen OSes MacRumors reports citing “multiple sources familiar with the matter.” Joe Rossignol for MacRumors: ‎ While it is already possible to send iMessages with bubble effects or full-screen effects, such as invisible ink or confetti, the text effects would allow you to add animate individual words within a message. With the Messages app set to gain RCS support on iOS 18, it is possible the text effects will also work with green bubbles. Our hope is that Apple will also add bold, italics, and underline formatting options alongside the text effects, but we have not confirmed that possibility.…

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Google let slip that Apple will fulfill its promise add Rich Communication Services to iPhone "in the fall of 2024." (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos)

Apple’s Messages icon Alphabet subsidiary Google’s Android website has added a new landing page for Google Messages which touts that Rich Communication Services (RCS) on Apple’s iPhone is coming in fall 2024. Abner Li for 9to5Google: ‎ A section describing the benefits of RCS — high-res photo/videos, typing indicators, and a better group chat experience — talks about how it’s “Coming soon on iOS.” Apple has announced it will be adopting RCS in the fall of 2024. Once that happens, it will mean a better messaging experience for everyone. When Apple made the RCS announcement in November of 2023, it provided a “later next year” timeline. Most people have assumed that to mean iOS 18 rather than iOS 17. Google’s…