RCS is now out there on iOS 18 beta 2, however solely by choose US carriers
The second developer beta of iOS 18 launched a toggle for RCS in Messages, and now choose US carriers have made RCS out there to customers working the beta.
The introduction of RCS help from each Apple and carriers implies that customers will now have the choice to ship wealthy textual content messages with audio, learn receipts, and media recordsdata to units working Android. Customers of social media platform X found the restricted availability of this characteristic earlier on Tuesday.
As iOS 18 beta 2 solely incorporates up to date provider bundles for 3 main US carriers — AT&T, T-Cell, and Verizon — iPhone customers will solely have the ability to use RCS on these three networks in the intervening time. In case your provider helps RCS on iPhone, you may activate it by navigating to Settings > Apps > Messages and toggling the choice for RCS.
Cell Digital Community Operators (MVNOs) and smaller carriers seemingly don’t help this characteristic but. That is more likely to change within the close to future as iOS 18 strikes nearer to its remaining launch model, which is predicted to debut in September of 2024.