iCloud Unable to Add My Wife as a Recovery Contact

[purdnost]

I’ve been trying to set up Advanced Data Protection, but when I attempt to add my wife as a recovery contact, I get the error, “Cannot Add [name], You can only add contacts who are using iMessage.”

She does use iMessage and it is enabled and working fine.

Is there a known fix or workaround for this issue?

 

[BrianBaughn]

I don't know if there's a simple answer for that. The requirements for ADP scare me off.

How to turn on Advanced Data Protection for iCloud - Apple Support

Advanced Data Protection for iCloud offers our highest level of cloud data security and protects the majority of your iCloud data using end-to-end encryption.

support.apple.com

Got an older Mac, iPhone or iPad running an older version of system software? Too bad!

Additionally, there's no mention of the OS requirements for the "recovery contact". Does the recovery contact have to meet the same requirements?

 

[purdnost]

Hoping this will be resolved with iOS 16.2.1. 🤞🏼

 

[purdnost]

Update: Issue resolved with iOS 16.3. 👍

 

[bhamscot]

Nope. iOS 16.6 and I’m having the same problem.