iPhones now support RCS messaging on 16 US carriers, enabling features like read receipts and typing indicators. But some carriers are still holding out—find out if yours made the list.

Here’s the list of US carriers that now support RCS messaging on iPhones:

  • AT&T
  • C Spire
  • Consumer Cellular
  • Cricket
  • FirstNet
  • H20 Wireless
  • Metro by T-Mobile
  • PureTalk
  • Red Pocket
  • Spectrum
  • T-Mobile
  • TracFone / Straight Talk
  • US Cellular
  • Verizon
  • Visible
  • Xfinity Mobile
    • PrimeErective@startrek.website
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      4 hours ago

      Basically an early version of Wi-Fi calling before Wi-Fi calling was a thing. You signed up for a SIM-free phone number tied to your Google account that allowed you to make calls as long as you had Internet. Calls between US numbers were totally free, even if the Google voice person was in a different country

      Anyway, Google voice is still around and has an app. So if you have a Google voice number, you have a totally separate dialer and text message set up, that’s distinct from the one for your regular number. But, as I mentioned, the text message part still doesn’t support RCS. Pretty embarrassing for Google