Which service providers in UAE support RCS ?

[TimonN]

Hello Friends,

I am using virgin mobile and see that Chat (RCS) is enabled. But when I try to use via default Samsung Message app , it doesn't work. Messages are still sent as normal SMS.

I have 2 S23s with both having virgin mobile eSIM and I saw same issue.

So can anyone share their experience with RCS in UAE on Samsung phones ?

[Oozywriter]

Check with a different sim from etisalat or du. Then, identify the issue related to virgin or Samsung before reporting

[TimonN]

I do not have other SIM cards.
That's why I am asking whether anyone here has virgin SIM and have got RCS working on Samsung Messages app.

Now I am trying with Google Messages app.

[ojwh]

If you can, try using Google Messages. At least to test RCS.

[TimonN]

Exactly doing that now.

[AbhithRajan]

Using RCS via Google Messages on my Samsung device, and it's functional with both Etisalat and Du networks.

[TimonN]

For me it's not working with virgin mobile.

[TimonN]

I tried few more thing yesterday and following are some observations:

1) Samsung Messages app does not support RCS with my 2 SIM cards - Jio from India roaming with du and virgin which also uses du network.

2) When I installed Google Messages , RCS worked with Jio but not with du