Path: ...!feed.opticnetworks.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Newyana2 Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android,misc.phone.mobile.iphone,uk.telecom.mobile Subject: Re: Carriers are only slowly adapting to iOS 18 beta RCS integration Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 07:20:48 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 13:20:35 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="348ea0909627d4e764baed0106df7ee5"; logging-data="1622765"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19n63zKLzdfx2ujmhm13wVVGuEe/GEAzXo=" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.3.1 Cancel-Lock: sha1:bVk31scebGktBTV/N/WKhSupyD4= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2530 On 6/25/2024 3:33 AM, Harry S Robins wrote: > https://9to5mac.com/2024/06/24/ios-18-rcs-iphone-beta/ > > No signs of RCS were seen in the first beta of iOS 18 released earlier this > month. However, the second beta of iOS 18 released on Monday added a new > RCS toggle in the Settings app, at least for some users. This has made beta > testers wonder why some of them aren't seeing the toggle, or even why the > feature isn't working despite the toggle being turned on. > > Well, we now have the answer. > > As seen by 9to5Mac in the iOS 18 beta 2 code, RCS support on the iPhone > relies on Apple working with carrier partners to get them to update their > bundles shipped with iOS. Right now, only a few carriers (such as AT&T and > T-Mobile in the US) have updated their carrier bundles to support RCS on > the iPhone. > > Of course, there's still time for more carriers to work on enabling RCS > support on the iPhone by September, when iOS 18 will be available to the > public. But at the same time, this means that most beta users probably > won't be able to test the new feature. Is there a reason to care about this? Is there a reason for RCS? What? Because Gen-Zers are afraid of the word "email"? I looked it up and as far as I can see it's just email with spying, like what ConstantContact have done with javascript.