Every year, Apple’s WWDC comes third after Google’s I/O and Microsoft’s Build developer conferences, and Apple has hardly ever needed to announce a product in response. This time, however, things are different. Over the past month, Apple’s biggest rivals presented bold plans for AI, with Google showing its latest Gemini models and Microsoft revealing powerful Copilot features like Recall.
Some sort of ChatGPT-like chatbot is now headed to Apple’s devices, according to Bloomberg. A green bubble power up Apple is finally adopting Rich Communication Services as the default fallback for iMessage, and we will likely see it arrive as part of iOS 18. This means that, soon, iPhone and Android users can set aside their blue and green bubble differences and instead send each other longer text messages and higher-quality photos — hopefully all while remaining end-to-end encrypted, too.