> Edit: I thought that a Google Pixel using Google SMS app with RCS and a Samsung galaxy using Samsung SMS app with RCS would be able to communicate over RCS. U

> Edit: I thought that a Google Pixel using Google SMS app with RCS and a Samsung galaxy using Samsung SMS app with RCS would be able to communicate over RCS. User 'hocuspocus claims this is, surprisingly, not the case: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27526166 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27526166 User 'dcomp is able to do this with his wife though, so maybe YMMV? I could be wrong, but I seem to remember that there could be an additional factor: Whether the carrier is natively RCS-enabled or if the app is using a Google-hosted RCS system to get around the carrier.