Carrier RCS option not available

My carrier, T-Mobile, offers RCS messaging. I’m using an iPad Pro on iOS 26. No option to turn on RCS appears in Settings. I can’t send a message to a Samsung Android user. Is there a solution?

iPad Pro, iPadOS 26

Posted on Nov 19, 2025 7:03 PM

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Posted on Nov 19, 2025 7:18 PM

Noclueisme wrote:

My carrier, T-Mobile, offers RCS messaging. I’m using an iPad Pro on iOS 26. No option to turn on RCS appears in Settings. I can’t send a message to a Samsung Android user. Is there a solution?

An ipad can only send imessage to other Apple devices.

Or order to be able to send RCS/SMS/MMS from an ipad you need an iphone and have text message forwarding enabled as outlined in this link Forward text messages from your iPhone to other devices - Apple Support

Read here as well Set up Messages on iPad - Apple Support

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Nov 19, 2025 7:18 PM in response to Noclueisme

Noclueisme wrote:

My carrier, T-Mobile, offers RCS messaging. I’m using an iPad Pro on iOS 26. No option to turn on RCS appears in Settings. I can’t send a message to a Samsung Android user. Is there a solution?

An ipad can only send imessage to other Apple devices.

Or order to be able to send RCS/SMS/MMS from an ipad you need an iphone and have text message forwarding enabled as outlined in this link Forward text messages from your iPhone to other devices - Apple Support

Read here as well Set up Messages on iPad - Apple Support

Carrier RCS option not available

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