RCS support for IOS 18

Hello @LordFeltchly and thank you for your reply. I will adresss a few points here. 

firstly I will chose who I elect my phone to be with and after working in I.T for 15 years I have seen quite plainly IOS is far more stable and better supported. This post had nothing to do with the IOS beta and more so a feature request. I do realise however that IOS working properly with both IOS and Android messaging may be a fear for some people as it will break down one of the reasons to buy an android. However please let’s focus on the request at hand and not someone’s phone preference. 
 

secondly I will paste here a transcript from apple support that tells me quite plainly it is the carrier that must support it too and how to check (you will see the screenshot attached showing I.D does not support it):

When you tap Carrier, it will change to IMS Status and show messaging support details to the right. For example, if your carrier supports RCS, you'll see Voice, SMS & RCS. If your carrier doesn't support RCS, you'll see Voice & SMS.

@I.d please can you or someone knowledgable answer the question not some android fanboy who has no idea what they are on with. Thank you. 

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• Azeru, you’ll need to change to another network if you’re desperate for this.
  As posted, elsewhere no plans for this on id.

Seems I confuddled protocols. My bad.

Casual glance suggests “three” support it, but requires activation in account settings.  Potential exists for operability. You’d need to as ID as to why they don’t.  I’m sure if enough people complain, they’ll move. Quick poke suggests that over wifi transport is via a screwgle cloud guest account. Maybe they could just use that? Or maybe you could. 

I’m certainly not a hemerrhoid “fanboi” as you put it. I’ve been intentionally avoiding this technology as I prefer things that can actually be trusted for the last 20 years, until semi-recent events have forced me to forgo sense in the favour of contactability. 

 

All four MNOs now support it - but none of the MNVOs yet. ID should talk to Three how to implement this.

Given the current direction of travel for social media platforms, I think a lot of sensible folk would like to be able to lean on RCS for talking to friends and loved ones. 
 

Any updates from the iD crew on this would be appreciated by all, I’m sure. 

Hi ​@PerplexedTheta 

Thanks for posting. 

I am afraid we do not currently have an update on this. 

We will be sure to post if this changes at all. 

Thanks, 

Nat 

This is just lazy lack of support from iD - you support RCS on Android - it’s functional on the network. You are just not turning it on for iPhones. I an counting down the days until my contract is done and I can move to a capable provider.

Hello, any updates on this? We have been waiting over half a year for this to be turned on for iPhone. Thanks!

They don’t care and won’t be doing it sadly. They just won’t admit it. 

Hey there ​@Airam, unfortunately we have no updates to give on this at this current time. If this does become a feature, we’d be sure to let all customers know via our website and socials.

Thanks,

Tyler