S21 5G messenger text over wi-fi

[JAH-CA]

I moved to Xfinity from Verizon a couple months ago & upgraded from an S8 to S21 5G. I rely on wifi calling & texting to communicate from my house.

I had no problems with the S8 & Message+ (Verizon app, I believe) for texting over wifi, but the S21 with Xfinity came with Messenger pre-loaded so I use that & texting over wifi doesn't seem to work. If I don't have a bar or 2 of cell service, I can't send or receive & it says it's waiting for service. Can't seem to find a specific setting for text over wifi but do for call over wifi.

Any help will be appreciated.

[bill-e]

Does Messenger have Chat features (RCS)?  I think that needs to be enabled.

[hackednomore]

Don't see RCS

[Robin621k]

Download Google Messages, it will work on wifi

[Mayze]

Yup Google is the way to go. Go in your settings and turn on chat. You might be able to do the same in Samsung Messages

[hackednomore]

Nope

[hackednomore]

I seem to have the same problem with Google Fi with my S21 G5

[MangoKiwi]

Google messages has RCS. You have to enable it though. Also, I think it also depends on your carrier. You should check to see whether or not your carrier supports RCS.

[Mayze]

RCS 🤦🏿‍:male_sign:🤦🏿‍:male_sign:🤦🏿‍:male_sign:

[MangoKiwi · Accepted solution]

You need to have RCS. Google messages has this, but it also says that your carrier has to support RCS. Given that you're not using a major carrier, that may be the problem. You should look up if they even support RCS.