Here's how you can check if your carrier supports the messaging protocol and how to enable it on your iPhone. Zach began ...

If your texts are falling back to SMS, try these steps to ensure that Apple's Messages app is properly functioning.

Hey, iPhone users! If you’ve updated to iOS 18, you may have seen something called “RCS” in your Messages settings and ...

First, RCS will only work in the United States, and only if your iPhone is registered with AT&T, Verizon, or T-Mobile. Second, direct replies to messages are not available on cross-platform RCS ...

There is no known way to “force” RCS onto your iPhone. But if your carrier supports it and you have iOS 18 and do not see the option, it may help to power off your iPhone and power it on again.

If you’re not yet able to use RCS messaging on iPhone, the most likely reason is either that you haven’t updated to iOS 18, or your carrier doesn’t support RCS.

The GSM Association, the organization that develops the RCS standard, said on Tuesday it’s working to enable end-to-end encryption (E2EE) on messages sent between Android and iPhone.

RCS on iPhone with iOS 18 As seen by 9to5Mac in the iOS 18 beta 3 code, the update enables RCS support on the iPhone for more carriers. And for the first time, RCS support is being rolled out to ...

With read receipts, high-res media, and more, RCS is almost as good as iMessage in iOS 18. But it’s still missing some features, and the implementation is a bit odd.