Credit: Ryan Haines / Android AuthorityTL;DRApple’s iOS 27 beta 2 introduces native support for inline threaded replies, and emoji and photomoji reactions in cross-platform RCS conversations.The update fixes a clunky issue where Android users would receive a separate text description of an emoji reaction instead of the emoji itself. Now, Android users will receive the proper emoji reaction.Because these features rely on the newer RCS 2.7 Universal Profile standard, future iOS 27 updates could potentially introduce message editing and unsending.Apple has taken another significant step toward narrowing the massive feature gap between iMessage and Android-iOS cross-platform texting. The company just rolled out iOS 27 beta 2, and in it, Apple has finally added native support for emoji reactions and inline replies for RCS conversations.As Aaron Perris shared on X, iOS 27 beta 2 allows iPhone users to send inline threaded replies to specific RCS texts, mirroring the long-standing functionality in many messaging apps and services, including iMessage.