RCS is now accessible on iOS 18 beta 2, however solely via 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 accessible to customers operating 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 information to gadgets operating Android. Customers of social media platform X found the restricted availability of this function earlier on Tuesday.
As iOS 18 beta 2 solely comprises up to date service bundles for 3 main US carriers — AT&T, T-Cellular, and Verizon — iPhone customers will solely be capable to use RCS on these three networks in the interim. In case your service helps RCS on iPhone, you possibly can activate it by navigating to Settings > Apps > Messages and toggling the choice for RCS.
Cellular Digital Community Operators (MVNOs) and smaller carriers seemingly don’t help this function but. That is prone to change within the close to future as iOS 18 strikes nearer to its ultimate launch model, which is predicted to debut in September of 2024.