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Re: iPhone iOS18 RCS messages
I was excited to learn of RCS messaging support on iOS that was released today.
Although I already use RCS Messaging with other android users though my Pixel on Smarty network, my family who have updated to iOS 18 cannot yet use it.
The option to enable it in the iphone message settings is not yet there and lots of chatter on the internet suggest that only EE in the UK support it at the moment.
Has anyone got this working on smarty and know of any update on when this might be available?
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I recently switched from SKY (o2) and was disappointed to see that RCS doesn’t work anymore. I queried this with Smarty via two ‘chats’ and an email only to be told that “3 doesn’t support it” on iPhone. Although I can text to normal phone numbers I can’t reply to ‘short numbers’ (to report and issue on a BT phone line). Is this normal for Smarter? (iPhone 11 running 18.3)
AndrewP_2753924 Yes, Smarty doesn't support sending messages to SMS short codes (other than the ones mandated by Ofcom for requesting a PAC, etc).
Thanks, if only their support team had told me that on my first call it would have saved me a lot of time
Any updates on this? Three is now supporting RCS
Surprised Smarty doesn’t as it is part of three network so should be activated also
Hey
we are looking into this currently and doing some test but it is being looked into when i have more details for you I will let you know.
According to this page, you should receive a notification when SMARTY has updated the carrier settings. It would appear there is also a risk that you miss this notification and simply going to Settings->General->About will trigger a check-in for a new version.
