Green-bubble chats get closer to Apple’s iMessage as iOS 27 adds RCS replies and reactions

Apple’s Messages app in iOS 27 now handles two features that will help Android RCS chats – one that iMessage users have taken for granted for years: inline replies and proper Tapback reactions.
The changes, reflected in Apple’s iOS 27 user guide, mean an iPhone user can long-press a message in an RCS thread and reply to that specific bubble. The reply shows inline for everyone in the conversation, whether they are on iPhone or Android, instead of landing as an unanchored messa