I've been an Android user for years now but lately I've started having a serious case of blue bubble envy with contacts who have been trying to add me to group conversations or send me photos or videos (which come across blurry over SMS).

So I caved and switched to iPhone, as most of my contacts are using iPhones. I also knew that RCS was coming soon so I was happy that I would still be able to use RCS with the Android contacts. I learned that RCS was already available in Beta... I wanted a piece of the action and I joined the Apple Beta program.

Still, it was not available in my country or with my carrier. 😱

But then last night, when iOS 18 Beta 3 was released, I finally had access to it! Oh man. You have no idea - I've been racking my brain for weeks trying to solve this, trying to bridge the gap. Finally! As a nerd, this makes me very happy.

All in all, I don’t mind using iPhone. I have “Googlefied” the crap out of it (ie: using Google Maps, Calendar, Chrome, Gmail, etc). It almost feels normal now.