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iPhone iOS18 RCS messages
SMARTY doesn't have its own iOS profile, they use THREE's iOS profile and that’s why the setting shows. However, THREE’s RCS service doesn’t work with Smarty, and thus it’s not supported.
At the moment, just a couple of days after iOS 18.0 was released, its only MNOs worldwide that are currently supporting this, and even then, not all MNO's, with MVNO's and sub brands being some months away from supporting this.
I wouldnt expect this situation to chsnge until Q1 of 2025 at the earliest.
RCS is available with SMARTY on my Samsung S24 Ultra, pop the SIM in my iPhone 15 Pro Max ... No dice for RCS ????
Yes because RCS is a Google/Android messaging protocol that Apple has reluctantly adopted after pressure from the EU. Android uses the Google or Samsung RCS servers to operate but Apple has made the protocol and servers carrier specific.
That's because you're using Samsung or Google RCS when on Android.
This doesn’t give any indication that Samsung and Google are the only routes to using RCS on SMARTY:
