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TL;DR
- RCS messaging on iPhones is now lastly obtainable to Google Fi subscribers.
- The characteristic is rolling out to suitable iPhones with the iOS 18.4 replace.
- Customers can allow it by tapping on the RCS Messaging toggle within the Messages app settings.
Apple lastly jumped on the RCS bandwagon with iOS 18 final yr, permitting iPhone and Android customers to speak with richer messaging options as a substitute of sticking to plain previous SMS. Nonetheless, RCS assist in Apple’s Messages app was not obtainable to all iPhone customers, with solely Verizon, AT&T, or T-Cellular subscribers getting entry at launch. That’s altering with the newest iOS replace.
Apple rolled out iOS 18.4 to supported iPhone fashions yesterday. As noticed within the beta launch, the replace allows RCS for Google Fi subscribers. Google confirmed availability in a current assist put up (through 9to5Google), highlighting that Google Fi subscribers can now benefit from “high-res picture and video sharing, typing indicators, and browse receipts” whereas chatting with Android customers.
Google Fi subscribers utilizing an iPhone can allow RCS by navigating to the Messages possibility in iOS settings and tapping on the toggle subsequent to the RCS Messaging possibility. The characteristic might take a second to activate with customers seeing a “Ready for activation…” message.
Google Fi notes that “RCS on iPhones are an merchandise of your information utilization. In case you are on a limiteless information plan, you’ll not incur any extra fees by sending RCS messages.” Nonetheless, customers on the Versatile plan will incur extra fees per GB of information used.
Though the iOS 18.4 beta indicated that RCS assist would additionally make it to iPhones on T-Cellular MVNO networks following the replace, we’re but to see official bulletins concerning the identical.
