Texting between Apple and Android phones will get better next year

(CNN) – The long-standing battle over iPhone’s blue and Android’s green text bubbles will soon take a friendlier turn.

Apple announced plans to adopt a messaging standard that will finally bring iMessage features to Android users.

The change will add features, such as read receipt, typing indicators, better support for group chats and higher quality media sharing of images and videos, across platforms.

Apple says it will add support for rich communication services later next year.

It’s considered the replacement to SMS, or short message service, and can work over Wi-Fi and mobile data.

Google, which already has support for RCS in its messaging app, has been vocal about wanting Apple to adopt the standard.

The move doesn’t necessarily mean the green or blue bubbles displayed when messaging someone on the other platform will go away anytime soon.

One analyst says keeping the colors is an Apple marketing strategy that will likely continue.