In Apple's Messages app starting with iOS 7, a green bubble surrounding the text means the incoming message came from a non-Apple phone that uses the standard SMS/MMS text messaging system (see SMS).

Apple finally brought RCS messaging to iPhones with the release of iOS 18 in September of 2024. However, it wasn't perfect as end-to-end encryption wasn't available between iPhones and Android devices ...

One thing that is definitely not "cool," it seems, is having a green text bubble. On Apple's iPhones, instead of conversations appearing in the typical gray and blue, text messages from non-Apple ...

Apple last week said that it plans to add support for end-to-end encrypted RCS messages to the Messages app in future iOS, ...

But the promise of RCS on iOS includes encrypted messaging. When you see that RCS tag in your green bubble chat, you should be safe in the knowledge that no one other than the parties involved in ...

And then the backward slope begins. The bubble pops at the top. Green will index within the mainstream and become ubiquitous. It's a fad and will vanish back to the margins of our society. A new ...

It also begs the question: with all of those features finally adopted, will the green bubble stigma finally get tossed out with them? I, for one, wouldn't count on it. According to a recent ...

While all other generations are almost split between iPhone and Android phones, Gen Z is all about the iPhone, as they fear being “the green bubble guy” in group chats. Samsung, for example ...

Apple's iMessage is great until you try to chat with someone on an Android phone. WSJ's Joanna Stern explains our great Apple-Android messaging crisis and provides some tips on how to cope ...

UPDATE: Nov. 17, 2023, 8:22 a.m. EST This article now reflections 9to5Mac's confirmation that Apple is still keeping green bubbles green. Wait, so Apple is actually supporting RCS for iOS?