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09-18-2024, 10:55 AM
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It turns out that RCS isn’t available to iPhone users on Google Fi.
Google has claimed that Apple has to enable RCS for iPhone-toting Google Fi users.
Google Fi users with Android devices can still use this texting standard with iPhone owners, though.

Apple has finally released iOS 18 on iPhones (https://www.androidauthority.com/apple-iphone-16-3368121/), and one of the most important additions is the RCS (https://www.androidauthority.com/what-is-rcs-messaging-726687/) texting standard. This allows for a more modern texting experience between iPhones and Android devices. Unfortunately, RCS isn’t available to iPhone users on Google Fi just yet.

Google told 9to5Google (https://9to5google.com/2024/09/16/google-fi-rcs-iphone/) that Apple is effectively to blame for iPhone users not getting RCS on its network:




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