Re: Carriers are only slowly adapting to iOS 18 beta RCS integration

David Wade wrote:

Andy Burns wrote:
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I refuse to use Messenger/WhatsApp

 Then you will be left out in the cold.

I recognise that's a consequence of my dislike of all things Meta

they've never heard of Signal/Telegram.

 Even if they had you are about as likely to get them to change as the Pope is to marry his boyfriend.

Again, I wouldn't try to persuade them.

I have never heard of RCS and have no intention of enabling it....

You may find Google have enabled it for you ...
<https://9to5google.com/2023/08/08/google-messages-rcs-default>
I had previously disabled it, so they didn't enable it for me, but I have enabled it, it shows me when I'm texting another user who also has it enabled, so it's "discoverable" ...