The ShootingStar jailbreak tweak lets you send any message via iMessage with the same Shooting Star effect you get from sending "Eid Mubarak."

Send an RCS text from your iPhone to an Android phone after ensuring RCS messaging is supported by your carrier and enabled on your iPhone.

Find out what your options are if you’re about to type a message reply but don’t want the other side to see the typing bubble or indicator.

Support for end-to-end encryption for texts between iPhone and Android is coming soon via the Rich Communication Services (RCS) 3.0 protocol.

Apple will add end-to-end encryption (E2EE) support for RCS texting between iPhone and Android later this year.

(via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos)

With the second developer beta seed of iOS 18.4, some iPhone users are noticing support for RCS messaging that didn't have it prior.