Verizon no longer supports RCS in Samsung Messages

[Desiree]

I got this message 

Verizon Msg: Samsung Messages will no longer support RCS after 1.6.2025. Switch to Google Messages to maintain the more robust messaging you're used to."  and was wondering what it means?

[JLFrandsen]

"RCS chats" is not listed in my messages settings

Don't know if it's on or off w/ S23 samsung

[realaud]

Are you using Google messages? Tap your initial on the top right, select "messages settings", and RCS chats is the first item on the list. Tap that and turn on the settings.

[63o1ndeder]

i hate google messagessss

[realaud]

Fine, use something else, I'm sure you don't need RCS anyway.

[IveS24ULTRA]

I do because everyone I know has a fruit phone

[realaud]

I have never had a problem texting with people who use Apple in 15+ years of using Google messages but, apparently people who use Samsung messages do, based on all the complaints I've seeb over the last couple of years (and the complaints are *only* coming from Samsung message users)

[IveS24ULTRA]

So before IPhone started to roll out RCS, you've never had anyone complain about video and image quality?

[realaud]

Nope. And many of my friends and extended family are Apple users.

[IveS24ULTRA]

That's hard to believe, considering Apple was purposefully downgrading quality.

[realaud]

I have no reason to lie about it. If I had been having problems, I'd be just as frustrated as everyone else. To my knowledge and belief, no one has ever missed a text from, nor I from them. No matter which brand phone I had over the years (and I used several), I have never used anything other than Google messages. Tried Samsung for a bit but it was so awful, I switched back and only ever use it to help someone troubleshoot; but I would still use it if that was my only choice due to new standards in messaging.