Google Messages now lets you edit texts youre sending to iPhones, but theres
a serious catch

Date:
Wed, 02 Jul 2025 10:15:40 +0000

Description:
Texts sent from Android to iOS can now be edited, but it doesnt work the
other way around.

FULL STORY ======================================================================You can now edit texts sent from Android to iOS The change is part of the updated RCS standard Texts sent from iOS to Android cant yet be edited, though

Sending text messages between an iPhone and an Android device has long been a pretty poor experience, with features like typing indicators and read
receipts missing for years. Thats shifted in recent years thanks to the use
of Rich Communication Services (RCS) , and its bringing another benefit to your cross-platform chats.

In this case, thats the ability to edit texts sent from an Android phone to
an iPhone (via Android Authority ). This feature appears to be rolling out gradually to Android users, so its not available to everyone just yet. But if its working for you, all youve got to do is long press on a sent message,
then tap the pencil icon, make your adjustments and save your message.

Unfortunately, this doesnt work the other way around that is, texts sent
from an iPhone to an Android device cannot be edited. Presumably, Apple will need to update its Messages app to add support for this functionality.

Youve been able to edit texts sent between iPhones for years, and messages going from one Android device to another have been editable when using RCS
for about twelve months. But although editable messages are now part of RCS, companies like Apple and Google need to support the feature which is why its not available in iOS right now. Slowly adding support (Image credit: Shutterstock / Tada Images )

Apple has been reluctant to support RCS for a long time, partly because it previously offered much weaker encryption than Apples iMessage platform,
which is end-to-end encrypted. However, the change that introduced editable texts to RCS has now also brought forth end-to-end encryption , which might help to smooth things over with Apple.

The rollout of editable messages also hasnt been entirely pain-free. While edited messages appear as normal on Android (with a small Edited timestamp underneath them), they behave differently in iOS. There, iPhone users see a second message preceded by an asterisk, doubling up the number of texts on their screen.

Both Apple and Google gave their support to cross-platform RCS messages earlier this year , so were hoping that these bugs and oddities will be
ironed out in due course. For now, though, the situation when texting across phone platforms has been improved, even if only in one small way. You might also like Apple will finally enable encrypted RCS messages between iOS and Android, and it's about time What is RCS messaging? The iMessage rival and
SMS text replacement explained Hell freezes over Apple to support RCS messages from Android phones next year



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