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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.
Surprised Smarty doesn’t as it is part of three network so should be activated also
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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.
Rebekah_150is there any update on when Smarty will support RCS natively? It has been a couple months now since your message and Three has supported RCS since December. When can we expect Smarty to do the same? Can we also get some official acknowledgement of RCS, that it's being worked on by Smarty? Any timescales available yet?
Sidenote: I am asking about RCS only and do not need to be reminded about anything to do with shortcodes. I just want an update on Smarty's RCS support. Thank you.
Rebekah_150 is there any update on this? It’s been over a month. If it’s not coming imminently I’m going to another network.
PaulLLoydJohnso Given that short code messaging and Esim have been topics under discussion for over two years to my knowledge and still not adopted, RCS is likely to be a long way down the list I think.
Can you explain please why it is a deal-breaker? I don't fully understand the great advantages.
Thanks for saying the same thing over and over. I was replying to a representative of Smarty and I’ll await their response.
Any update on this?
PaulLLoydJohnso After one month?....when nothing has happened for a couple of years?
Most of the uk networks have moved to support RCS on iOS very quickly, so yes.
I'm eagerly anticipating an update of this so my elderly mother can stop inadvertently sending me MMS photos (she forgets about WhatsApp sometimes 😅). She's on iOS, I'm on Android, we're both Smarty. Hopefully they're able to enable support soon!
shortbread Given that Smarty has not yet adopted short code texts after all this time, I don't see them taking on RCS any quicker unfortunately.
That would be a huge disappointment. I appreciate Smarty is cheap but I'd still expect it to support new features eventually - if there's no communication from Smarty regarding this high-value feature within the next couple months I'll simply move myself and my family away from Smarty back to Three or elsewhere.
