How To Enable Rcs On Iphone With Ios 18

What Is RCS on iPhone

RCS stands for Rich Communication Services and is an interactive messaging protocol built to replace the decades-old SMS/MMS protocol. Unlike SMS/MMS which have character and media size limits, RCS has no character limit and allows you to send all types of media in high quality. Apple has added RCS support to iOS 18 to allow smooth communication between iPhone and Android users. Compared to traditional SMS and MMS, RCS offers the following advantages:

Improved group chats Audio messages Read receipts Typing indicators Share messages over cellular networks and Wi-Fi Share high-resolution photos and videos Attachments with larger file sizes Better encryption and privacy Cross-platform emoji reactions Sharing location within text threads

How to Use RCS on iPhone

If you’ve updated to iOS 18 and your network carrier supports RCS, you can easily enable or disable RCS on your iPhone. Here’s how to do it:

Open the Settings app on your iPhone. Scroll down to the bottom and tap on Apps. Now, scroll down or use the search bar to find Messages. Here, tap on RCS Messaging and turn on the RCS Messaging toggle.

That’s how you can enable RCS on iPhone with iOS 18. It’s been quite a time since all major carriers in the US supported RCS. Now that the stable version of iOS 18 is available for everyone, many more carriers across the globe may enable RCS support.
Apple also has plans to partner with Google and other members of the Global System for Mobile Communications Association (GSMA) to improve the RCS standard and offer more advanced features like the ability to edit and undo send RCS messages.