Google RCS vs Apple iMessage - In-Depth Comparison (2024)
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- čas přidán 11. 06. 2024
- Google's RCS Messaging vs Apple's iMessage In-Depth Comparison.
In This video I will compare the native messaging apps on iOS and Android in terms of experience, features and privacy.
#androidvsios #imessage #rcs #googlepixel #iphone #google #apple
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0:00 - Intro
0:29 - Points System
0:43 - Chatting Experience
3:12 - Sharing Options
4:38 - Fun Features
6:35 - Security & Privacy
7:11 - Final Thoughts
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Bonus point for Google messages allowing u to see iPhone reactions while iMessage can't see them correctly coming from Android.
that has been fixed
@@imago_terra iPhone users can see Android reactions now?
@@XP9724 I don't think so I just double checked with an iMessage user. A thumbs up sent from iMessage to Google Message will show the emoji normally whereas a thumbs up sent from Google Message to iMessage will send another generic message with the emoji at the front of it. 'So-and-so responded👍:(message)'
@@Kingsley_Shatso lame on Apple's part
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+ 100 points to RCS for working on ALL RCS enabled phones/carriers while iMessage only works on Apple devices. that alone is enough for me to use RCS and never use iMessage
someone’s mad… imessage is apple’s own standard unlike rcs and it would cuse security concerns with the bad android phone companies
@@MLTAKOS and someone's extremely uninformed. RCS is encrypted and is a standard across ALL carriers and apps that support it unlike iMessage. And by "Apple's standard" you mean proprietary technology and no one wants proprietary.
And what do you mean by "bad Android companies?" Lol! There aren't any Android companies aside from Google.
You clearly don't know what you're talking about
@@nerovanguard846 But if RCS only works on Android doesn't that make it proprietary? Apple's works on Apple and Android works on Android?
@@scooterooservice92 incorrect. RCS only works on Android because Apple actively REFUSES to support it. RCS is literally the next standard after SMS which is standard throughout every phone that can receive text SMS. Apple can support RCS through the SMS app, they just don't want to do it for reasons that iMessage's popularity will be negatively affected
Well people outside of USA don't give a fuck about this
Once upon a time Google had Hangouts which had some cool features. So if Google had only kept and developed it, it would have one heck of a messaging app. Messages have a lot of catching up to do
I use Google Chat which is another version of Hangouts.
@@vision-gc4hygoogle chat is really dry, I would rather continue using WhatsApp
And Allo
Yup Yup. Allo was amazing and was supposed to end up being the standard for Google messaging. It was really fun and cool writing my wife with Allo. It felt like the evolution to hangouts! Google + is missed as well..
@@mackmccord3743 the thing is Allo was Hangouts replacement, and it was looking good. But Google with their infinite boredom, couldn't help but kill it
The google need to check this video and take notes for feature updates!
Why? To add random things that will never be used or maybe once when you first open the app just to check? Sure.
@@BojanTomic Why not add them. Maybe you and I will not use them but many people will find them useful.
@@alexhit1 Then every app will be stuffed with lot of scrap and shitty features ..
@@blackhole-tq2hv it's called options and optimizations
@@alexhit1 no..to add features that people use once or twice in year are not options and optimisation...
and -100 points to iMessage for still using sms and mms messaging when communicating with non iPhone users.
The other people have to use rcs so yeah it will never be a thing
Well that's going to change this year anyway
@@Draco-999 it's yet to be seen how it going to be implemented.
knowing Apple they will either try some bs that makes messaging between iPhone and non iPhone users still suck.
or they have finally gotten scared enough to comply after not only EU but also American DOJ is releasing the hounds after them.
so yeah there are some hope still, but it is still equally as likely that they make stuff suck even after RCS gets added.
@@subgivtara Well at least none of my Android phones have had to do anything special to enable it.
all i needed was that the receiving end also had RCS enabled, which has been the case automatically on literally all android phones at least for the past 7+ years.
if your grandma with their iPhone doesn't know how to enable it, and Apple for some reason does not do it automatically.
then it's yet another way how iMessage is behind the rest.
i would even go so far as to say that even Skype is god tier when compared to iMessage, purely because i could install Skype client on literally any platform .
where as iMessage is purely locked behind Apple's wallet garden.
@@Jurtaani well i used smartphones for past 7 years and RCS was never enabled on them, it only appeared last year
Bubble color changes should be worth 1 point for each color. 😁 Also, you can add animated emojis to voice messages in RCS.
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@IDTR you not keeping it real you being bias
@@IDTRhow do I reply to messages it's not letting me can u make a video on how to reply to messages on Google messages
I think you should compare it with Telegram, WhatsApp, Google messages and iMessage. Like we do with phones. Make a very long video with most popular messaging application
WhatsApp has even less features
@@yosmergonzalez7668 no it does not
I was going to ask him that 😂😂😂
Scheduled messages would be such a game changer for iMessage
Its definitely come in handy a few times
I missed that so much when I made the switch from Android. If I really have to use it, I use a shortcut.
This makes perfect sense why so many teens use iphones here in the States. I feel that with the integration of RCS Messaging to the iphone this Fall things are going to get better for everyone. Even though iMessage has a lot cool things that Google Messages doesn't currently have it is still not a significant reason to switch back iOS. Currently I have a Pixel 8 Pro and an iPad Mini 6 to interact with my friends and family using iMessage but I hardly use it. Can't wait for Google I/O
Yeah like game pigeon for imessage that my family never uses. or maybe once every 6 months. There are a lot of iMessage features that people don't use or just redundant and take too much time. People like it simple.
@@jefferycampbell9182 exactly 💯
Google Messages has come a long way and iMessage has had a much larger headstart since Google kept getting distracted with other messaging apps.
I'm at the age where none of those iMessage features are ever used. The only thing most people use are the tapbacks
Not to discount your point here, but at *my* age, without custom stickers and message effects, my conversations would feel so much more lifeless. I really appreciate how much expression they can add.
@@CodexBS What age os that, aprox?
-10 points to iMessage to not supporting scheduled messages
No lol
Agreed. Scheduled messages are seriously amazing
they are very bad for communication though. someone thinks you just sent them a message and text you right back and you aren't actually available. just send the message when you type it. no sense in waiting.
@@Chris_HruskaApple (and any other platform that uses scheduled messages) can simply add a tag below it saying it was a scheduled just like how iMessage says “Edited” right below a message. Would be a great opportunity to add it when they adopt RCS this fall.
@@Chris_HruskaEasy solution, Apple can simply add a caption saying it was a “Scheduled Delivery” just like how a message says “Edited”.
Also, in Google Messages you can emoji react to MMS / SMS and you can put any emojis.
Google Messages do offer End to end encryption on group chats as well
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Yeah he left out a lot of features for Google Messages
I love RCS since it started it's the best with nice words reaction and scheduled messages which I use everyday. I love also you can charge the message colors too for different contacts.
Nice video. You forgot an older but goodie with Google Messages: scheduling a message. Also Google Messages allows attachments up to 1.5GB vs. iMessages 100MB. Google Messages also offers Magic Compose for A.I. to write messages based on the last 20 messages between you and an individual. Google Messages offers customizable themes for each conversation thread.
You should do a android vs ios in 2024 to see all the things ios is still lacking nowadays compared to android and viceversa
No he shouldn't he was bias with this... he ain't put it all out for google ms... he not trust worthy🤣
@@cantgetright888 LMFAO
Voice messages in google have insane good noise cancelation.
They do but how come they can only be sent at 2min not any longer? I wish it could be longer.
@@languagewithlindsey2mins ain't long enough for you get your message out?
Profile discovery on google messages still isn't available for everyone tho.
A lot of google messages features are not available for everyone
New here.
What do we need that for?
I think 'edit sent message' is the major thing which is missing in rcs chats.
Thats cuz google understands Android users are smarter and more likely to read before they send so no need to edit after sending
Great video! Really informative!
I'd add the ability to schedule text message with RCS. Its a such a clutch feature!
iMessage I can’t stand when you’re listening to a voice message it will stop when your screen locks. You have to unlock and start over. It’s maddening. Telegram allows you to hear the voice message even with phone locked.
Maybe it's a "privacy" thing? Apple pretends to know better then you what counts as "privacy".. so maybe that is the reasoning?
@@qazmko22 well, if they are going to allow voice messages to be sent via iMessage then they need to allow the user to hear the compete message without the phone locking after 15 seconds and then having to replay it. Perhaps the phone should be prevented from locking when there is a voice message playing. Or just allow the message to be played with the screen off (like telegram) and put the message control on the locksveen media control panel (like music) so user can pause it if they want. In which scenario would someone unlock their phone and then listen to the voice message and then suddenly have an intruder steal their phone and be able to hear the message when phone is locked? I don’t think it’s a security issue, it’s just poorly implemented. They’ll probably fix it next big update to iMessage. Typically they don’t listen to user feedback for these small logistical issues, they end up discovering it themselves when using the phone personally. At some meeting Tom Cook or Some other executive will say “by the way guys, iMessage voice messages cut off when screen locks”. Gotta change that. The one good thing about Apple is they all use their own devices. Unlike Android where they personally use Apple devices and so don’t notice these little things until there is a huge surge of feedback. That’s why Android has bugs and poor attention to detail for so long… engineers don’t even use the devices on their off time. Only at work.
Its situational feature. When you want to immediately stop the voice note, just lock the screen.
It's not really a downfall it's just more thing to do with security if you want to keep listening to it tap the screen to keep it awake or perhaps lengthen your time out for your screen 90% of the time versus letting it time out anyways so it doesn't really bother me having a longer time out in any case most voice memos are less than a minute so not a huge deal for me
Wait RCS group messages are encrypted. And we also have check in which isn't limited to RCS as well.
There is check-in, but it's a separate app --- it's very convenient to have it integrated into your messaging app
Say you're already texting with your partner, right as you're pulling up to a trail for a walk/run/ride, then you don't have to switch apps just to start a check-in timer
@@LDaviswait your partner has to buy an iPhone just to check in 🤯
That seems as inconvenient as having to switch out of the camera app, go into the settings app just to adjust your picture 🤣
@@Spoonfed78 its okay. enjoy the shutter lag and blurry focus.
@@ZeerakImran i don't use her iPhone to take pics generally. Though I've experienced what you described, hung up zooming in and out attempt too video. To iPhone users find that enjoyable? I'd be frustrated and annoying. We just used the cheaper other phone to video while waiting for a reboot
I dont know about outside the US but in the US group chats are encrypted on google messages
Another bonus point for Google Messages for allowing one to access the chat history from any browser.
This was definitely a much needed breakdown. Will I ever use even half of the features for either one? No. But it's nice knowing. I remember the live message feature on Samsung that probably never got used as well
Thanks for the video
Good points, the one thing i noticed when i temporarily had an iPhone that was annoying was it took more taps to do things like attach a photo while rcs has a dedicated button to addeding photos/videos
Best youtube channel ever cause you actually tackle the real stuff
End to end Does work in RCS only group chats. I have 3 different text groups with Full RCS encryption.
what's the benifit if there is 100 message per day limit. so why are people shifting to rcs if they have whatsapp.
I am pretty sure the RCS side, which was SMS before, can still do a lot of these things... like the AR emojis among others, I was doing that stuff in messages on my s10+ back in 2019... so either they removed it for some reason, or you just don't know how to do it on RCS
There's also attachment on Audio Recordings that make it look really cool
I think its also worth noting thay imessage lets you turn read reciepts on or off per contact rather than a blanket on or off like google messages
I would rather have the audio get saved in the file directory rather than a random app.
I would also prefer
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Not only random, but proprietary first party app, making any third party apps all the more obsolete. The Apple way.
But but, audio do get saved in a file directory on all apps. Dafuq you people whinging about.
Me too
Guys rcs is relatively new so relax
RCS is not new it's just since recently they started to give it some love more than ever RCS support up to 100 people in group chat iMessage support 30
@@macgyvermac2344100 people suppose with no end to end encryption, I think google needs to work on that
No it's not. It's been more than a decade.
Not me at all lol
RCS started in 2009. Google was just wasting their time trying to perfect other messaging apps, which failed.
I want to control more than one department. What should I do to help me send messages?
dont forget, this only works with 20% of worldwide phones, google messages works with 60-70% (older phones not supporting newer versions)
how much do you need to deco your text to get the point across?... I used both of these I still don't get the fuss
I still love Google messages 😢😢
Me too
Just got the S24 ultra after 15+ years with apple and i think google msg is better.. only because you can mess with colorization.. other than that to me they are almost the same..
Does iMessage have an online status? Like "last seen ..."?
No, it doesn't 👍🏼
Why are bubbles on my Galaxy S24 Ultra not blue in Google messages app, when I send RCS message,as in stock Samsung messages app? Has anyone resons? Thanks.
Great video... unbiased and I am an Android guy.
I have full encryption on my RCS groups, but yeah, Google has some work to do
Messages is constantly getting better.
Brilliant video! Hope both companies are taking notice, especially you, Google! 🤨
Google RCS has great potential
How the heck you forget emoji kitchen from Gboard? It is so good
I have to say that RCS is shaping up to be a pretty good competitor. You forgot to mention a bunch of things. Like better integration to do video call. I’m going to leave it at that point. Good I wonder why you got magic compose and I don’t? What I’m missing? Running pixel 8 pro with beta message.
Magic compose is only available in some countries and is only slowly rolled out in beta channel. Perhaps it will be available to you in the following weeks
@@aradazer but I'm in usa. I had a S23 ultra and I had all them features and when I upgrade to my S24U all them features went Ghost. But what I don't understand is. How I had all them features on my S23 but not my pixel 8 pro? So how it is?
FaceTime is better at video call than anything in RCS
Apple already has face time for that
Google doesn't push the features to everyone at the same time which is one of my biggest complaints, even my 7 Pro has more features than my 8 Pro
Great content
I hope there will be a comparison between Google Keep and Apple Note.
Fantastic video! It'll be interesting if google tries to level the field a little more before RCS drops for IOS in the fall.
iMessage also have other fun features like iMessage games, it’s really fun as it makes texting more exciting, playing a game while texting with a friend or family, I think google also needs to an implement something like it
I missed this one, thanks for bringing it
please do a gboard vs apple keyboard comparison. I'm using a beta version of gboard and there are so many cool features
G wins just on being able to mess with the colors imo..
lol no comparison.
GBoard wins
i think u should have weights tho for points!
saving a voice recording is much less common and needed as a feature compared to unsending/editing messages imo
How to turn voice transcription on? I have a pixel 6 pro.
Also I can't change the colors of the chat!
I have a Samsung, i can only change the colors of the chat when chatting with another person that also has RCS.
How to set that keyboard?
I use both, but one thing you forgot to mention with google messages. When it comes to reactions for a particular message, you can choose to add ANY emoji you want. Not just the standard 5 that are already there by default.
Group chats on RCS are encrypted end-to-end for a while now. You can find voice chats by opening the files app and go to audio.
Group Encryption is also comming to RCS. Also, RCS has a direct conversation between devices thus working also if every google server is down. iMessage uses Apple servers for communication.
Can you please also compare 3rd-party messaging apps? Thanks!
One more point for iMessage is when tou hold the phone in landscape mode you get the option to draw or write with your finger and send it to the other person as a picture
Nice insight... Only thing is I dont know any android user who uses their google messaging app exclusively. unless it is to send a bog standard message. Another app ticks all the boxes needed meaning for me rcs messaging is more for business/medical/Financial usage
The one thing I can't understand. Why the heck we unable to copy selected text within the messages??
On my phone you can select text or copy the whole message.
One huge difference thought... RCS comes out of the box for every Android and has all these features between all Android phones, where as iMessage is exclusively on iPhone and only between iPhone so in my opinion, RCS is the much better option. Having iMessage as an option on iPhones is a cool feature, but we shouldn't still be on sms/mms when texting and Android
Very very cool video!
Nobody uses either of them on like 99% of the world, so they're kinda useless for most people tbh.
Out of curiosity, who uses the default msg app on android anyway? Atleast where im from everyone uses whatsapp or telegram. The defualt app is only used for bank transaction msgs. So i dont really understand the whole debacle between RCS and IMESSAGE. Its redundant 🤷🏽♂️
Scheduled message, an important smart feature that a feature phone already had in 2000's but gone in the "smart" phone era
Please review the Honor magic 6 pro 🙏
Omg I HAVE to be able to send messages in my sleep(scheduled messages). My schedule isn't always aligned with my orders for work. Imessage can't change chat colors? Like they forever have to look at blue, grey, green? Ugh the monotony.
I think you should've added an extra point to imessage for every type of animoji
Ability to use on many/pretty much all brands probably should have been a point too. This is perhaps the biggest point, that iMessage is not able to be used on any other brand makes it useless for most/many, and that they don't integrate RCS smacks of irony when they market their "security".
Just like USBC they'll be dragged kicking and screaming but still make it dated when implemented, ie USB 2 speeds
There are billion iPhones out there and depend on the country Japan and the United States you have a good chance of the majority of your family and friends have an iPhone so it's perfect also the integration across all of Apple devices with imessage let alone other stuff is another huge Point even though I have the newest Galaxy tablet and the s24 ultra a lot of my stuff including messages do not linked up at least in the United States
@@aaronlimitless Timmay is that you. Cooking again mate.🤣
Everyone "buy your mum and iPhone" because to some a dystopian nightmare of a single brand and without choice of selecting the most suitable device for ones budget is utopia 🤷♂️
Forgot to mention an extra iMessage point in the security section: iMessage uses not just end-to-end encryption across the board, but the encryption it uses is level 3 post-quantum cryptography, which makes it even more secure than signal which is at a level 2.
Apple ❤👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Amazing Video, love it
I miss watching videos like this from you. You should do one for keyboards. iPhone keyboard and auto correct sucks
Honestly at this point i wish google mandated an option in the setup of android phones to use a selection of default google apps or to straight up use stock android or to use the tweaked manufacturers skin*which is unlikely.
Its so weird sometimes that some android users dont know what features are available because their phone uses a different version of an app like dialer or contacts etc.
Something that sometimes works in appls favour is that everyone gets the same experience more or less and there's no guessing if someone else's iPhone can do something
On android with the amount of options that are already out has in some cases created a mess since there's no standardised experience.
Correct me if I'm wrong but if you have a group chat with RCS members it is E2E encrypted
Not for me, but there are rumors that it's coming
@@IDTR I wonder if it's region locked then because I have E2E encrypted with my friends here in the USA.
I have it as well. No problems
perfect comparison. Apple has a tendancy to make thinks nobody uses at all for iMessage i.e: Sticker reactions and such.
Settings page of Google Messages is a mess. also there is no organization of chats/SMS.
None, literally NONE of the people I know who have iPhones use iMessage, they all use WhatsApp. This iMessage vs RCS conversation is only relevant in the US
True
In India everyone uses WhatsApp no one uses I message or Google message
pov - brazilian HAHAAHHA Brasil muito superior
I am from the US and I agree that this debate is pointless. My wife is an immigrant and I've been using WhatsApp to communicate with her, her friends, and her family for years. I've convinced my family to use it after being forced to use inferior options that they suggested first. And I've convinced my employees to use it, mainly for security reasons. But everyone else still uses the default text message app around here, and it's the number one reason most of my friends use iPhone and the reason they don't want to message my android phone. It took years to get my family to switch so I have no hope of getting all my friends to use WhatsApp. Thankfully, with iPhone adopting RCS it should make conversations more pleasant for my iPhone buddies.
@@TheRythimManI "trust" apple to have some bs implementation only to check the regulatory box, but in reality to make life miserable for whomever uses rcs.
A lot of Google message features are not on my pixel 6
And this is exactly what my comment was about. Google and major fragmentation issues with their Pixel phones.
Scheduled messages is a game changer rather have that than any other i message feature
I wish messages apps had categories like in emails. or rules we could use to make filters. In some countries like India we get 100s of unwanted and unnecessary messages like promotions, updates, etc.
How about those irritating ads in Google Messages due to RCS? Because of those ads I have disabled RCS!
Ads??
I never seen ads.
I'm using google message. I don't need apple 10 point. I'm happy with wat google message have. Messaging app is to communicate news thoughts to some one . I think apple and google done its work perfectly 😊
RCS on iPhone? Finally!
Please check but I do not think you can share original quality images or videos using Google messages. It still reduces the quality, but better than if you toggle on reduce quality which reduces it much more lol
Can u compare them to WhatsApp and telegram also
I think we Android users have to swallow our pride on this one and admit that Apple has had YEARS to make iMessage what it is today. Apple was just ahead of the competition with iMessage. With that being said, I’m excited to see what Google has for us in the future with Google messages! Not going to lie, as much as I like Google messages, I wish WhatsApp was the default messaging app for Android phones. That would create some SERIOUS competition for apple. WhatsApp has already done a lot of the features that are considered “apple exclusive” in this video. So, I’m excited to see what BOTH of these companies do to make messaging on android better.
I don't know anyone who uses WhatsApp
@@anthonywilliams9415 Almost every other country outside the US uses WhatsApp
@@anthonywilliams9415 Everyone outside the US. Also, no one cares for iMessage outside the US.
@@anthonywilliams9415 found the american...
iMessage is only relevant in north America. Where I live we all use WhatsApp, but making it the default for Android defeats the point of Android giving its users choice (the opposite of what iOS does). Also, regarding creating serious competition for Apple, WhatsApp probably has 10x the users around the world, it's not much of a competition at all.
This video missed a huge advantage for Google Messages, at least on a Pixel. That is Conversation Bubbles.
You can have different conversations displayed as separate stacked bubbles overlayed on top of whatever is already on your screen for quicker access and faster conversation switching. This works for other chat apps also so you can manage chats on different apps as if they were all nearly integrated into a single master chat platform.
This is a complete game changer of a feature that all by itself elevates the RCS Messaging experience to an equal or better overall multimodal chat experience.
6:47 Google Message does encrypt group messages too.
Not yet, does it work for you?
@@IDTR yes I can send screenshots to confirm! (It is possible that one person in your group is using Samsung Messages that often breaks encryption)
Look at those vs Samsung messages too
What's even the purpose of the pointing system? As we all already know who is going to win.
I hope that when Apple brings compatibility between RCS and iMessage with iOS 18 that it will become more popular in other countries like here in the EU too. It’s just nice to be able to use the default App and not have to download such nonsense apps like WhatsApp.
I’m here but I don’t even use imessage. 😂 In my country we use fb-messenger, whatsapp, telegram or even vibes in social messaging.
Editing messages is available in RCS
Correction: Group chats are encrypted on RCS (at least here in the US).
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I think you better make a video WhatsApp versus rcs
Great video, I'm gonna send this to Google right now!
I thought RCS did have encrypted group messages on google messages
You forgot the most important feature security. The main reason iphone is being forced by law to switch to the newer technology RCS industry standard end to end encryption.