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How to Enable RCS Texting on iOS 18
Now your iPhone will play nice with the Android devices in your life. #RCS #texting #android #ios #apple #iphone Subscribe to CNET on YouTube: Never miss a deal again! See CNET’s browser extension 👉 Check out CNET’s Amazon Storefront: Follow us on TikTok: Follow us on Instagram: Follow us on X: Like us on Facebook:…
@matthew.trickett
September 22, 2024 at 1:20 pm
Shame you can’t send later with RCS.
@Jumbo_storm
September 23, 2024 at 3:33 pm
It’s because it uses the iCould service. That’s why it can still send if your phone dies or if you turn it off when the message should be sent. It sends the message (your text) and the send-time to some iCloud server and then it is up to iCloud, when to send the message. So you could say that it is iCloud that sends your message when you use the new “Send Later” feature in iMessage.
@elliottrogozinski
September 22, 2024 at 1:37 pm
Shouldn’t it be enabled by default?
@ODog2323
September 22, 2024 at 6:38 pm
From my Galaxy I noticed RCS pop on at least one person’s iPhone chat. Thus isn’t a tech person who would go looking to turn that on, so maybe it is by default.
@shubinternet
September 22, 2024 at 10:55 pm
Mine was already turned on by default, on my iPhone 15 Pro Max on AT&T. I can’t speak for anyone else.
@adambrazee3858
September 22, 2024 at 2:27 pm
Apparently it doesn’t come on a 13, I have a 13 pro max and I can’t find it.
@MosheFeder
September 22, 2024 at 3:14 pm
I have a 15 Pro Max and I don’t have that option under “Text Messaging” either! Maybe this is cell-provider dependent?
@adambrazee3858
September 22, 2024 at 3:16 pm
@@MosheFeder That could be it.
@Nomadicways
September 22, 2024 at 9:18 pm
It’s on my 13 enabled by default
@dnast97
September 23, 2024 at 1:39 pm
Are you guys on iOS 18? I had to manually start the update
@Jumbo_storm
September 23, 2024 at 3:29 pm
It’s your cell provider that you need to talk to. They need to enable it on their end now if they haven’t already. I don’t have it either and that’s because my cell provider hasn’t gotten around to enabling it yet.
@ColleenHieber
September 22, 2024 at 5:33 pm
I don’t have it either, I have an iPhone 14 Pro. Just switched my carrier to Google Fi in anticipation of a switch back to a Google Pixel. Was thinking maybe it’s not an option for iPhones on Google Fi?
@bdurushia
September 23, 2024 at 2:10 pm
Yeah I don’t know either. I have an iPhone 13 Pro with Google Fi and it’s not an option for me in iOS18. I use Google messenger on my Samsung Z Flip 4 so idk I’m gonna check if I can use Google messenger on iPhone cause that has RCS enabled on the Samsung by default.
@ParsclickTV
September 22, 2024 at 5:53 pm
No available iPhone 15 UK
@nortdogs
September 22, 2024 at 7:43 pm
You should make a video on how to enable it on Androids. Most Androids don’t have it enabled.
@shizuoh2792
September 22, 2024 at 8:08 pm
short and sweet 38 second instructions
@srosner0
September 23, 2024 at 10:56 am
Why isn’t it enabled by default
@TheGamingCanadian
September 23, 2024 at 3:02 pm
Me who’s had RCS on since iOS 18 Beta 4: *2 steps ahead. I am always, two steps ahead*