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69 articles – accelerating

RCS has appeared in 69 articles since 2016-11. Coverage peaked in 2023Q4 with 6 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Google, Android, Apple, SMS.

Articles
69
mentions
Velocity
+300.0%
growth rate
Acceleration
+3.500
velocity change
Sources
15
publications

Patterns

Related Entities

Google 37 Android 26 Apple 25 SMS 17 iMessage 15 WhatsApp 15 iPhone 15 iPhones 10 Meta 9 T-Mobile 8

Top Voices

@backlon 28 discussions @maxwinebach 26 discussions @benedictevans 19 discussions @reckless 12 discussions @carnage4life 11 discussions @android 10 discussions @alexstamos 9 discussions @joannastern 7 discussions

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Coverage Timeline

2021-04-14
Light Reading 5 related

Comments from Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile suggest they have killed their joint Cross Carrier Messaging Initiative, which aimed to establish RCS interoperability

Rich Communications Service, a tech to replace SMS & MMS and make regular text messaging more like Apple Messages or Facebook's WhatsApp. @mikeddano pinged several US players, and they don't sound enc...

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Quarterly Coverage

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Narrative

TEXXR tracks 62 Techmeme articles mentioning RCS, dating back to February 2016. The biggest stories include Apple debuts iOS 26.4 beta 1 for developers, adding limited support for encrypted RCS... and Apple releases iOS 26.5, introducing end-to-end encryption for RCS messaging in beta for.... Frequently covered alongside Google, Android, Apple, SMS, and iPhone. Coverage has shifted toward developer themes and away from regulation, consumer.

Key Moments

2024Q2developer +33pts; consumer +40pts; regulation -40pts
2024Q3developer +67pts
2026Q2developer -100pts; consumer -50pts

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