Apple announces big change to iPhone messages next year

CNN– The long-standing battle over the iPhone’s blue and Andriod’s green text bubbles will soon take a friendlier turn.

Apple announced plans to adopt a messaging standard that will finally bring iMessage features to Andriod users.

The change will add features, such as read receipts, typing indicators, better support for group chats, and higher quality media sharing of images and videos across the platforms.

Apple says it will add support for rich communication services later next year.

It’s considered the replacement for SMS or Short Messaging Service and can work over WIFI and mobile data.

Google which already has support for RCS in its messaging app has been vocal about wanting Apple to adopt the standard.

The move doesn’t necessarily mean the green or blue bubbles displayed when messaging someone on the other platform will go away anytime soon.