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.

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.

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.

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