iPhone carrier features

RCS messaging on iPhone

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Where to turn it on: Settings › Apps › Messages › RCS Messaging.

Carriers

12 carriers offer RCS messaging on the iPhone 18 Pro Max, and 90 don't. For 678 more we don't have the carrier's settings for the iPhone 18 Pro Max yet, so they show as unknown.

Carrier	RCS messaging
🇺🇸 United States
ACS	Unknown
Altice	Unknown
Appalachian	Unknown
A AppWire	Unknown
AT&T ATT NR US	On
AT&T ATT US	On
AT&T CC	Unknown
AT&T Cricket ATT aio NR US	Unknown
AT&T Cricket ATT aio US	Unknown
AT&T Dish MVNO	Unknown
AT&T FirstNet	On
AT&T MVNO	Unknown
AT&T Puretalk	Unknown
AT&T RedPocket	Unknown
AT&T Tracfone	Unknown
Bootstrap AT&T	Unknown
Bootstrap Verizon	Unknown
C Spire	Unknown
Carolina West	Unknown
Cellcom	Unknown
CellcomWI	On
Charter	Unknown
C Chat	Unknown
Comcast	Unknown
Copper Valley	Unknown
Copper Valley Telecom	Unknown
Cross Wireless	Unknown
Cross Wireless Bravado	Unknown
Dish	Unknown
Dish MVNO	Unknown
Dish Ting	Unknown
FM Family Mobile	Unknown
GCI	Unknown
GigSky	Unknown
IW i Wireless	Unknown
Inland	Unknown
Metro by T-Mobile	On
Nemont	Unknown
Nemont Wireless	Unknown
NexTech	Unknown
N NWM	Unknown
Panhandle	Unknown
PTCI PTCI LTE only US	Unknown
PTCI PTCI LTE US	Unknown
Sprint	Unknown
Sprint Boost	Unknown
Sprint Virgin	Unknown
Strata Network	Unknown
T-Mobile	On
T-Mobile Boost	Unknown
T-Mobile CC	Unknown
T-Mobile Charter	Unknown
T-Mobile Comcast	Unknown
T-Mobile MVNO	Unknown
T-Mobile Ting	Unknown
T-Mobile Tracfone Simple	Unknown
T-Mobile UltraMint	Unknown
T-Mobile Wholesale	Unknown
THC	Unknown
Truphone	Unknown
Union Wireless	Unknown
United Wireless	Unknown
UScellular	Unknown
Verizon	Unknown
Verizon Charter	Unknown
Verizon Comcast	Unknown
Verizon Cox	Unknown
Verizon Credo	Unknown
Verizon MVNO	On
Verizon Response	Unknown
Verizon Ting	Unknown
Verizon Tracfone	Unknown
Verizon Visible Verizon Core Visible LTE US	Unknown
Verizon Visible Verizon Visible LTE US	Unknown
Viaero	Unknown
WCW	Unknown

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Questions

Why does RCS messaging depend on my iPhone?

Carriers ship settings for each iPhone model separately. The same carrier can offer a feature on newer iPhones and not on older ones, or the other way round.

Where do these answers come from?

From the carrier settings Apple publishes for each carrier, read for each iPhone model. Some features also need your plan to include them; those show as available.

Other features

• 5G
• 5G Standalone
• Voice over 5G (VoNR)
• VoLTE
• HD Voice+ (EVS)
• Wi-Fi Calling
• Wi-Fi Calling on other devices
• RCS business messaging
• Carrier satellite features
• Visual Voicemail
• eSIM Quick Transfer
• eSIM transfer from Android
• Apple Watch cellular (number sharing)
• Business caller ID
• Carrier spam call warnings