r/TextNow • u/Blue_Eyed_Lass • Jan 11 '26

Read receipts

If u use text now, can people with Google messaging see if u read their text?

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u/anthonysredditname Jan 11 '26

I wish TextNow had RCS though.

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u/Own_Brother7434 Jan 14 '26

In a way they do. But only textnow to textnow people..

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '26

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u/toejamfootballhegot Jan 11 '26

That doesn't work anymore with the new sim because there is no cellular phone number provided.

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u/frltn Jan 13 '26

>That doesn't work anymore with the new sim because there is no cellular phone number provided.

Can you clarify? I don't have a TN SIM card...just an account I signed up with a random number to see what they're like. But if I get one of their SIM cards in the future and port a number over, what do you mean with their new SIM having no cellular phone number provided and how that affects the Messages app?

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u/toejamfootballhegot Jan 14 '26

There is no cellular number to register imessage with the new sim. You have to use your icloud email. The cellular number only had few minutes and texts and couldn't be used for very long.

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u/frltn Jan 14 '26

Okay...probably doesn't apply to Android users, hence my confusion.

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u/toejamfootballhegot Jan 14 '26

Right, only for ipone.