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#3280962 11-Sep-2024 15:05

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IOS 18 is officially launched but still not locking onto RCS according to About settings.

Thinking its an Apple thing rather than the telcos because it works on basically any Android.

iOS 18 isn't officially out until Tuesday (the 17th).

I don't believe any of the NZ providers support RCS. "Google RCS" is effectively a different thing (it sidesteps the phone companies and uses Google's own servers).

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#3282942 17-Sep-2024 08:46

I just updated my work iPhone 15 Pro Max; there is no option for RCS for OneNZ.

So, RCS will be determined by which carrier in NZ offers it. I guess we will miss out on this feature

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#3282951 17-Sep-2024 09:00

Delorean:

I just updated my work iPhone 15 Pro Max; there is no option for RCS for OneNZ.

So, RCS will be determined by which carrier in NZ offers it. I guess we will miss out on this feature

How do I check for this? Interested to know whether it's available with 2d.

(Just noticed @Behodar said above that there's doubts whether any NZ telcos will offer it.)

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#3282953 17-Sep-2024 09:03

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Delorean:

I just updated my work iPhone 15 Pro Max; there is no option for RCS for OneNZ.

So, RCS will be determined by which carrier in NZ offers it. I guess we will miss out on this feature

How do I check for this? Interested to know whether it's available with 2d.

Go to Settings > Apps > Messaging, and it should be in this area, but I can't see it, or go to General > About > Then go down to Service Provider, when you tap it, it should show Voice & SMS + RCS, Mine only shows Voice & SMS

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#3282954 17-Sep-2024 09:03

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How do I check for this? Interested to know whether it's available with 2d.

(Just noticed @Behodar said above that there's doubts whether any NZ telcos will offer it.)

It's not available for 2degrees.

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#3282955 17-Sep-2024 09:04

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Delorean:

I just updated my work iPhone 15 Pro Max; there is no option for RCS for OneNZ.

So, RCS will be determined by which carrier in NZ offers it. I guess we will miss out on this feature

How do I check for this? Interested to know whether it's available with 2d.

(Just noticed @Behodar said above that there's doubts whether any NZ telcos will offer it.)

Under apps. Messages.

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#3282956 17-Sep-2024 09:05

SaltyNZ:

eracode:

How do I check for this? Interested to know whether it's available with 2d.

(Just noticed @Behodar said above that there's doubts whether any NZ telcos will offer it.)

It's not available for 2degrees.

It's not like it was a surprise release...

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#3282958 17-Sep-2024 09:08

Delorean:

Go to Settings > Apps > Messaging, and it should be in this area, but I can't see it, or go to General > About > Then go down to Service Provider, when you tap it, it should show Voice & SMS + RCS, Mine only shows Voice & SMS

Thanks - that is where I looked before asking - but yeah, nah, nothing there.

Same as you in 'Service Provider'.

I'm quite bummed about this - one of the few iOS18 features I was looking forward to (haven't been running beta).

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#3282961 17-Sep-2024 09:09

SaltyNZ:

eracode:

How do I check for this? Interested to know whether it's available with 2d.

(Just noticed @Behodar said above that there's doubts whether any NZ telcos will offer it.)

It's not available for 2degrees.

The EU mandated that all carriers there needed to offer it, which proves that regulation is necessary to get carriers on board. (This comment is across all carriers here in NZ, not just 2D)

Also, Apple could have set up its own RCS servers (Like Google) but only did the bare minimum, and passed that issue on to the carriers (They only offered it to avoid a fine and them being forced to open up iMessage for all to use)

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#3282962 17-Sep-2024 09:09

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SaltyNZ: It's not available for 2degrees.

It's not like it was a surprise release...

It's fine. It was expected, no esim for wearables either. Lagging way behind now.

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#3283089 17-Sep-2024 10:42

Indeed. Not available on 2degrees.

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#3283223 17-Sep-2024 15:07

Are there actually any carriers that offer RCS in NZ, or are Android devices here just using the Google fallback RCS service?

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#3283229 17-Sep-2024 15:39

Android devices are using the Google services in New Zealand.

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#3283230 17-Sep-2024 15:42

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Android devices are using the Google services in New Zealand.

That may mean we may not see iOS 18+ RCS support in NZ until the carriers offer it themselves? Or at least the NZ carriers update carrier settings to utilise Google RCS? Another example of why RCS is such a mess, and cannot be compared to SMS in terms of simplicity.

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#3283231 17-Sep-2024 15:44

Correct.

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