The ongoing struggle between Google and Apple regarding the integration of RCS (Rich Communication Services) into iMessage is one that is well-known in the tech community.
Despite Google's persistent efforts to encourage Apple to adopt RCS support, Apple has made it clear that it has no intentions of enabling RCS-iMessage compatibility on iPhones in the foreseeable future.
This protracted battle has left the messaging interoperability between the Android community with a dominant 70.89% share of the global mobile operating system market and iOS's at 28.36%, according to StatCounter, unachievable.