RCS support

[Mr-Elly-Font]

With more and more providers starting to roll out RCS across the world. I'm just wondering if O2 have announced if they will be rolin it out across the uk any time soon.

[Matt0801]

Well, I just quit o2 and started with Vodafone. Just accessed Android Messages to find lots of my contacts are with Vodafone and have Android Messages activated with RCS support already. Great stuff.

[Mr-Elly-Font]

yeah shame they were announced worst network this week just not like the idea of jumping to a network just for rcs when they have that around their head https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/apr/24/vodafone-named-uks-worst-mobile-phone-provider-by-w...

[viridis]

It'll most likely reach all networks once google bakes this into the stock messaging app.
Seriously, who would want to be the only network NOT offering RCS based communication

[Matt0801]

It is already fully baked into the default (stock) SMS app and has been for a year or two.

[GoatyMcGoat]

What survey was that? How can vote o2 down?

[Matt0801]

I think it was the one done by Which? but could be wrong. That said, I've found them (Vodafone) very helpful and friendly and the network coverage is much better than I believed so thus far, I'm more than happy. I even got a year if NowTV for free and all I wanted was RCS.

[Anonymous]

Article here that might be of interest

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/05/07/what_is_rich_communication_services/

[terminusaquo]

I think it's time to keep pestering O2 until they decide otherwise, I really cannot believe that they are perfectly fine with being the ONLY UK mobile network to NOT support RCS Universal Profile, all they have to do is enable it at their end and then all phones that support RCS can use it regardless.

[MI5]

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@terminusaquo wrote:

I think it's time to keep pestering O2 until they decide otherwise, I really cannot believe that they are perfectly fine with being the ONLY UK mobile network to NOT support RCS Universal Profile, all they have to do is enable it at their end and then all phones that support RCS can use it regardless.

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I'm sure that if it was that simple, they would have done it by now 

[adamtemp64]

O2 are usually last at adopting new tech unless the manufacturers stipulate it’s usage

so pestering the manufacturer may have more responses