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Anecdote: iPhones on Google Fi still can’t use RCS, with no timeline for getting the carrier bundle bit flipped.


I mentioned this in the article, as it's pretty ironic.

Apparently Fi doesn't warrant a dedicated carrier bundle, meaning Fi subscribers will need to wait until the generic T-Mobile MVNO setting gets flipped on. I've read (on Reddit) that Apple does this because Fi doesn't sell iPhones, but I obviously don't know if that's true. Afaik it took Apple 2 years and a half to enable 5G on Fi, which makes me believe it's indeed Apple being petty, and not some conspiracy theory.


Google Voice doesn't have RCS either.




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