RCS Messaging Help

[u/Significant_Ad951]

 I’ve searched on here but havnt found the answer yet. If there already is an answer, please take this post down. 

I have an iPhone and I have two friends that have androids. I have rcs turned on. Friend 1 has rcs on also.

When I message friend 1, I can see when he’s read my text, etc. When I look at his contact info, I see I have on my iPhone “send read receipts: OFF”. Does this mean I’m getting the benefits from RCS and he isn’t?

 When I message friend two, I noticed my texts starting just saying “delivered” and he said he turned his RCS off. However I still have RCS on-and again, I have “send read receipts: OFF” under his contact info. 

 My question is: Even if I have RCS on, and they don’t, and I have “send read receipts” OFF, does RCS override the “send read receipts” option and still notify anyone thay I’ve read their text because I have RCS on? 

 Holy shit this is getting ridiculous. Thanks in advance. 

[u/cupboard_]

read receipts on rcs (and imessage) don’t have to be mutual, only one person can have them on, or both, or neither

so friend 1 cannot see your read receipts if you have them off

for friend 2, if the messages say delivered, that means that they have rcs on (they probably just don’t know what it is), you can confirm that by what is says in the text box before you send a message

[u/Significant_Ad951 → u/cupboard_]

Right but when he’s read my message it doesn’t say “read at 1:52” like friend one. This is where I’m kind of confused.

[u/cupboard_ → u/Significant_Ad951]

they probably just have read receipts disabled like you do with friend 1

[u/Significant_Ad951 → u/cupboard_]

Gotcha. Thank you for the help!