Group chat message problems with iPhones

[Dee74]

I am not sure if this is the correct place to pose this question but I am looking for a solution to our recent group text issues. We are a mixed household with Android and one iPhone. The androids are an S23 ultra and S24 ultra that both use Google messages and the iPhone is an iPhone 13 that uses imessages. Recently the iPhone received an update and the group text does not work. The iPhone can send texts to but does not receive any texts from the androids.

This only happens in group texts not one to one texts. Is there some new setting that must be enabled to now allow Android to iPhone group messaging? I would like to get this fixed as it will also impact my work related messages. Any help is appreciated.

One detail to add, we have used Google messages for at least a couple years so we are not new this app

 

[trucksmoveamerica#AC]

When was the last update? Are they in 18.2, if so that may be the reason. With the china data breaches Apple is changing the iMessage to let the user choose signal or WhatsApp to have encryption on both ends. I don't understand it all but something to look into

 

[mustang7757]

Are you on the latest version of Google messages?
Have you tried deleting the group messages and starting a new one ?

 

[Dee74]

The iPhone user had RCS turned off. Once that was turned on the chat worked well.

 

[mustang7757]

The iPhone user has RCS turned off. One that was turned on the chat worked well.

Ahh .so it was a problem on the iPhones end RCS being off ?

 

[Dee74]

Ahh .so it was a problem on the iPhones end RCS being off ?

Yes.

 

[mustang7757]

Yes.

Damm iPhone users lol
Turn it on !

 

[spARTacus]

I'm starting to experience problems now with mixed RCS groups. One of the iPhones doesn't seem to be getting onto RCS (even though there is nothing in its settings that suggest it shouldn't be on RCS, and no apparent indication of what it's problem really is), and then of course the person has been dropped out of all/any RCS groups, and trying to add them back in will only create a brand new MMS group.