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 ...

RCS support rollout has ramped up thanks to iOS 18.4, as it is making it easier for more carriers to adopt the standard.

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.

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.

It’s great that we have RCS finally on the iPhone, but there’s still room for improvement. Currently, RCS between Android and iPhone does not have end-to-end encryption (E2EE), which is a bummer.

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.

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.

RCS messaging isn’t the silver bullet for cross-platform communications that it ought to be, but it’s a start – especially for iPhone-heavy regions where messaging can be an ordeal.