As a part of the Universal Profile 3.1 update, RCS will gain better audio quality for voice messages and more.

The RCS Universal Profile 3.1 adds an “upgrade to audio messaging capabilities,” including support for the xHE-AAC audio codec that enables “highly efficient compression and decompression of shared ...

In addition to an updated icon, Google Messages has a new “sent” sound that more people are now encountering on Android.. Whenever you press the send arrow in a conversation, Google Messages ...

With RCS 3.0, however, this will be done transparently with the actual message. Apple currently still supports Universal Profile 2.4 with iOS 18. It is unclear when iOS 26 will include RCS 3.0.