Why do my texts keep switching between RCS and SMS on iPhone?

I’m trying to talk to someone over text who has an android, but every text i send is being sent as SMS and all of theirs are being sent as RCS. It keeps flipping back and forth and it’s annoying.




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iPhone 11, iOS 18

Posted on Nov 29, 2024 3:22 PM

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Posted on Dec 2, 2024 7:34 AM

This is happening to me as well since the ios 18.1.1 update last friday. Sometimes I send a msg and it goes by RCS but mostly its going by sms. My boyfriend's msg are coming to me as rcs but when i reply it sends as sms. Prior to the ios update everything was by RCS both ways with zero issues. I wish I hadn't updated the ios...Apple needs to fix this crap

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