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Well... they also need to expand to more than just a few countries. Here in Brazil there's no iPhone RCS support at all.

• lxgr 2y ago
  It's up to the mobile networks to support that (usually by outsourcing it to Google, which I'm not sure they do for free).
  • vitorgrs 2y ago
    It's weird it's taking that long, as RCS on Android have been supported for ages here, I think even before some US carriers. I first tried RCS in early 2019.
    • jeroenhd 2y ago
      Based on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Communication_Services https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Communication_Services, it looks like Claro should support RCS (still branded as "joyn" though, so could be an outdated version of the spec). I don't think carriers had much of a reason to invest in RCS servers up till recently, because only Android really supported it and that came with a free, third party server. Maybe now carriers will start caring. By online statistics, Brazil seems to be a WhatsApp country, though, so I don't think many people will be using carrier services for chat. In turn, I don't think carriers will be quick to invest in servers and software to provide RCS to customers very soon.