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rcs

  1. MakaniKai

    RCS Glitching Out

    I just got a 16 Pro. Latest beta. On conversations with some of my Android friends, the RCS/SMS indicator in the message field rapidly is flipping back and forth between RCS & SMS. Does this happen for anyone else? My friends also complain that the group chats keep splitting into two...
  2. K

    How to check if a contact has iOS 18

    Here’s a method to make sure the person you’re messaging will see your new Text Effects or emoji reactions. It relies on RCS support, so it won’t work if they have iOS 18 but turned off RCS or their carrier doesn’t support it. 1. Start a new message in iMessage with an Android user. Make...
  3. C

    RCS - Delivered Indicator

    Hey All, I have noticed that when using RCS on my Iphone, with some android users, it gives me the delivered indicator whereas with others, it doesn't give me the delivered indicator. In all cases, my Iphone shows the message being sent as RCS. Is this happening to anyone else and does anyone...
  4. baryon

    How do you turn on RCS messaging in iOS 18?

    I have an iPhone 13 mini and was happy to hear that Apple will finally support RCS with iOS 18. I've been using iOS 18 since release but to my disappointment, I still get green bubbles with non iOS users, and I assume, I'm still getting billed for every single SMS. So what's up with this? I...
  5. Piplodocus

    Where is RCS then?

    Got iOS 18. Thought I'd try RCS on a friend. That just seems to say text messages are available. Went in the messages app settings. Nothing in there. A quick look round the web seems to imply there was an "enable RCS" above "enable MMS" in the settings menu in some betas at least. Where is it...
  6. SirWill

    Text messages from Android

    Warning this is me venting about Apple. So I just switched to an iPhone from Android. All of my family is still on Android. I got a message another way from a friend asking why I hadn't answered a text. I never got the text. I did some testing with my old phone / a digits sim from...