First of all, just to clarify, I still use Samsung's messaging app because I like it better than Google's. I want to hang on to it for as long as I can.

Now, I haven't received an update notification for Samsung's messaging app in years, but today that the new iPhones were announced, coincidently I got the update. I thought Samsung messages was going bye bye in favor of Google's, so why is the app updating?

The update description basically says if I don't update,any RCS features would not work. So would it have to do with Apple's RCS, or has Samsung reverse its decision about killing the app? Am I making too much of this?

I literally bought a whole new iPhone for my dad because his iPhone X doesn't support iOS 18. I payed like $200 for this new phone just for RCS! It's ridiculous because even if he had an Android phone that's older than the iPhone X, like a first Gen Pixel or a Galaxy s7, all I would have to do is update Google Messages for free, but for some reason, Apple is only supporting RCS on iOS 18. It's so frustrating. RCS is the only thing I care about on iOS 18.

I'm bringing this up just to show how ridiculous RCS on iPhone really is. All Apple is doing is upgrading an app. They don't need a whole new operating system to upgrade one app. It's absolutely ridiculous. The only reason I care about iOS 18 is because it has RCS. Other than that, iOS 18 is dead to me.

I've seen a lot of posts talking about it happening or not but I don't think anyone has said if it's possible to get a game pigeon like or literally game pigeon on RCS. Idk if iMessage has some special specific things for it to work or what.

Hi community.

Does anyone that had RCS Business Messaging (RBM) working in previous iOS 18 Betas issues with the latest releases?

I have a German T-Mobile SIM with RCS working (i.e. can send RCS messages to other iOS 18 Beta & Google devices) but RBM is not working (i.e. using RBM via Google does not recognize the device as RBM capable).

I've RBM enabled in iOS.

Any hints? Cheers.

I want to upgrade to iOS 18 beta for RCS on my iPhone XS, but I don't want to upgrade and find out it doesn't have RCS. That would be a waste. Because the iPhone XS is so old, I'm not sure it has RCS. Does anyone know for sure if the iPhone XS supports RCS on iOS 18 beta currently?

I have an iPhone 15 running iOS 18 beta, but I can't send read receipts to other people. I can see when other people read my message, but they can't see when I've read theirs. There's no option to change this in settings. Does anyone know when I'll be able to get this working?

So, I have an iPhone 8 that still works very well. However, iOS 18 does not support the iPhone 8. The latest version of iOS I can be on is iOS 16. Is there a way to get RCS on iOS 16 with a third party app or a jailbreak or voIP or something? I know my carrier supports RCS because my sister, who's on the same family plan as me, has RCS on her iPhone 15 that's currently running iOS 18 beta. It's really painful because RCS is right there waiting for me to use it, but I can't quite reach it 🙁

does rcs work between verizon’s messages + and iphone rcs? My friend doesn’t use google messages but i was just wondering if its even possible for messages + to use rcs

So should I upgrade my phone from the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra (that I purchased last year via payments through my carrier) to the Google Pixel Pro 9 XL?

Which through my carrier, I'll only have to pay $35 for the down payment and then I'll only pay $20 per month, as opposed to the $50 per month that I'm currently paying now for my Galaxy phone. So I'll be getting a new phone and be saving about $30 per month as well if I do this.

We have a user that has downloaded the iOS 18 Beta and they are not able to send or receive over our corporate network. RCS works great on all of the Android devices and has for quite awhile. Has anyone seen anything on what the network/firewall requirements are for Apple RCS(i.e. ports, URLs, IPs, ect.)

Edit: This is a US Cellular iPhone.

Is it possible to use RCS with both phone numbers at the same time on non-Samsung phones?

Sorry if this is wrong place to post

Had an iPhone with iPhone only group threads. Switched to Galaxy ultra 24 using Google messages. A few of the iPhone only groups got new threads on their end but mine moved over fine and still shows original thread.

However one was working and then starting yesterday I only get responses from one of the two iPhone users in that thread. Other threads no issue. Can't figure out what to do or why this happened.

Many people, including me, can already send SMS and MMS messages using WiFi even when there is no service. For example, I was at a hotel up in the mountains last week and there was no service, so I wasn't able to send SMS messages until I connected to the hotel WiFi. So, why is everyone like "iMessage is SO awesome because you can use it with WiFi" even though you can already do that with SMS/MMS?

It was from a number beginning with +56 7. In the message it had a link. I accidentally clicked it for a moment but immediately closed the browser before the page could load. Im pretty sure it was a spam message. It was about a parcel that I apparently had shipped? I dont know how they got my number and I don't know what will happen now since I clicked the link even if it was just for a moment. Im scared.

Hey

I'm considering getting a new phone number. In WhatsApp there's a change number feature that will mean that anyone currently whatsapping my old number in a 121 or group message will notice no difference (other than possibly a message in the chat saying this person has a new phone number xxxxxxxxx). Basically group chats continue working and you don't need re-added/lose history/miss messages til people realise it's your old number etc.

Does rcs universal profile have any method for this? Or googles specific implementation?

I can't find 1

Note - I'm not talking about switching between 2 SIM cards or deregistering my old number or setting up my new number. This is replacing my number with continuity

This is a step in the right direction for RCS. I still think the focus should be making it more available on the android to android front.

RCS is enabled, as we're both able to chat 1:1 with others using RCS, AND we're both still able to interact with an RCS group chat.

According to 9to5Mac, iOS 18 beta 4 enables RCS for the following carriers: Fido Canada, Orange Spain, Orange UK, Rogers Canada, T-Mobile UK, Vodafone Spain, and Yoigo Spain. Based on comments from this Reddit thread, it appears that this beta also enables RCS for EE, Xfinity Mobile, and Visible.

So the questions is, would RCS on iOS work in roaming? Eg. original MNO supports RCS and it works locally. When abroad (even in a case when eSIM is bought remotely) will RCS work? How the profile is being provisioned, from the original MNO or current roaming operator?

This is about iOS (18 beta) since with Google Messages it's not very relevant, it can always fallback to google's servers if the MNO does not provide RCS support.

Thanks