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Turn on RCS chats in Google Messages

Turn on RCS chats in Google Messages

With Rich Communication Services or RCS, a modern industry standard for messaging, you can have a more dynamic and secure conversation with someone than SMS or MMS. Learn about Rich Communication Services messaging.

Turn on RCS chats for the first time

When RCS chats are turned on, you can send messages over Wi-Fi and use other features.

If your carrier and device aren’t automatically set up for RCS chats, you may be offered RCS chats. You might be asked to provide your phone number.

Important: You may occasionally receive a text from Jibe Mobile from Google to verify your phone number. RCS chats are available for your default or preferred call SIM at this time and may be available for other SIMs later. Manage your default call SIM in your System settings. To learn how to use dual SIM settings, contact your device manufacturer.

If your carrier supports RCS but your device isn’t automatically set up for RCS chats, you may get a notification to "Do more with Google Messages." If you get this notification:

  1. On your device, open Google Messages .
  2. Tap Get Started Next.
  3. To keep Google Messages connected, tap Yes.

If you can't turn on RCS chats, learn how to troubleshoot.

Turn RCS chats on or off

Important: If you do not turn off RCS chats in Settings to stop sending and receiving RCS messages when you remove a SIM card from your device, RCS chats may continue to work for up to 14 days.

Tips:

Use the deactivation portal if you:

Understand RCS chat status

To find your status, go to Settings RCS chats. If you can't find "RCS chats," tap Chat features.

The possible statuses are:

Turn specific features in RCS chats on or offLet others know you've read their messages

To turn on read receipts:

  1. On your device, open Google Messages .
  2. Tap your profile picture or icon Messages settings.
  3. Tap RCS chats.
  4. Tap Send read receipts.

To find out when others have read your message, they must turn on read receipts in Settings.

Show others when you're typing in a conversation with them

To turn on typing indicators:

  1. On your device, open Google Messages .
  2. Tap your profile picture or icon Messages settings.
  3. Tap RCS chats.
  4. Tap Show typing indicators.
If sending a message doesn't work, choose how to resend it

If you tried unsuccessfully to send a message over Wi-Fi or mobile data, you can choose how to resend a message:

  1. On your device, open Google Messages .
  2. Tap your profile picture or icon Messages settings.
  3. Tap RCS chats.
  4. Tap Resend messages.
  5. Choose how to resend a message.
Syncing with Google Fi

If you’re a Google Fi user and have been syncing texts, calls, and voicemail, RCS chats will be disabled for your phone number. To stop syncing, use RCS chats:

  1. On your device, open Google Messages .
  2. At the top right, tap your Profile picture or Initial.
  3. Tap Messages settings Advanced Google Fi Wireless settings.
  4. Tap Sign in to your Google Fi account.
  5. Select your account.
  6. In the “Using RCS chats?,” select Turn off.
  7. On the next screen, tap Sync conversations.
  8. At the bottom, tap Stop sync & sign out.
  9. In the confirmation dialog, tap Stop syncing.

After that, clear data for Google Messages:

  1. On your device, open Settings .
  2. Tap Apps.
  3. Tap Messages Force stop Ok.
  4. Tap Storage & cache Clear storage.

Check if RCS is turned on:

  1. On your device, open Google Messages .
  2. At the top right, tap your Profile picture or Initial.
  3. Tap Messages settings RCS Chats Turn on RCS chats.
Find out if your message is sent by mobile data, SMS, or MMS

The Send icon in the compose bar displays the method your message will be sent. These are the possible ways your messages will send:

About Carrier Services

Carrier Services provides services to support RCS (Rich Communication Services) messaging in Google Messages. It collects diagnostic and crash data to ensure these services operate smoothly.

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