Many more carriers now support RCS messaging on iPhones

RCS Texting on iPhone Now Works on More Carriers
Apple supports the RCS Universal Profile standard as defined by the GSM Association. You must manually turn on RCS support in Settings > Apps > Messages. However, the switch doesn't appear unless your carrier supports the feature. With it enabled, RCS messages are delivered as green bubbles, with blue bubbles reserved for iMessage.
Here’s every carrier that lets your iPhone send RCS messages to Android phones
Apple has expanded its list of RCS-compatible carriers, but a few high-profile companies are conspicuously absent.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox
Apple's RCS messaging support expands to a lot of new carriers
In late 2023, Apple finally added RCS support for the iPhone. RCS – or Rich Communication Services – is a communications standard for messaging, supported by most Android phones, offering features like group chat, high-res image and video sharing, and typing indicators.
Here Are All the Carriers That Support RCS on iPhone
Even though Apple officially launched RCS support on iPhone with iOS 18, not all carriers support it. Most do now, but your carrier may still be excluded.
RCS Messaging Expands to These US Carriers in iOS 18.2
You can confirm that RCS is available and enabled on your iPhone by going to Settings > Apps > Messages and scrolling down to look for RCS Messaging, which should appear under “Text Messaging” (as shown in the image above). Make sure that’s toggled on, and you should be good to go.
iPhone users can now send RCS messages to Android — but only with these carriers
The benefit of RCS is that messaging is done over the internet, rather than traditional cell signals, and that allows for a much smarter range of features. For starters image and
FBI Warning—Do You Need To Stop Using RCS On Your iPhone, Android Phone?
This was the year that messaging was to become more seamless, not more confusing. RCS coming to iPhone heralded the start of something exciting and new, we were told, but then the FBI warned that messages had been hacked and citizens should stop texting and everything suddenly changed. So, should you stop using RCS?
Apple expands RCS support on iPhone to more carriers, Google Fi still waiting
Apple finally brought RCS support to the iPhone this year, but the company has to manually approve each carrier
Many more carriers now support RCS messaging on iPhones in the US
Apple has updated its list of US carriers that support RCS messaging on iPhones. Here's the full list, but who's missing?
Apple reveals the U.S. wireless firms that support RCS on the iPhone 's Messages app
Considering that together they represent about 3 million U.S. wireless users, we can't think of any reason why those two would be permanently excluded from offering iOS-Android RCS support. T-Mobile probably just hasn't had the opportunity to set this up for Mint Mobile and Ultra Mobile customers.
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Send and Receive RCS Messages on iPhone
Rich Communication Services (RCS) is a messaging standard Apple adopted in iOS 18 that is significantly enhancing the messaging experience between iPhone and Android devices. Think of it as SMS 2.