Anyone else having this issue?
I tried sending a message in a RCS group text but it failed. I turned off my WiFi and the message sent and I started receiving messages in the group.
This made me realize the problem, I texted the group to verify that they were seeing my messages, they were. Flipped WiFi on and off a few times to verify it was the issue. Anytime it’s on I can’t send or receive RCS messages
iPhone 15 Pro, iOS 26
I found a solution on my end, the problem was in the Wi-Fi settings.
When connected to my Wi-Fi network i always have "Private Wi-Fi Address" set to Off - with this
setting being like that, IMS drops the RCS registration when Wi-Fi is active.
As soon as i changed the setting to "Fixed" or "Rotating" - RCS Activated and works over Wi-Fi.
I found a solution on my end, the problem was in the Wi-Fi settings.
When connected to my Wi-Fi network i always have "Private Wi-Fi Address" set to Off - with this
setting being like that, IMS drops the RCS registration when Wi-Fi is active.
As soon as i changed the setting to "Fixed" or "Rotating" - RCS Activated and works over Wi-Fi.
Do you happen to have a VPN, what I discovered today was updating my VPN app and re-installing the VPN configurations on the phone seemed to fix the issue.
I’m not sure why the VPN didn’t cause issues on cellular, but oh well.
So far it’s held up the entire day. My VPN provider is NordVPN
I had the same issue. I fixed it my going into my phone settings and reset -> reset all network settings. Then I deleted my eSIM and added a new eSIM. Then RCS worked on wifi
Mine sends RCS if I'm on 2.4Ghz Wi-Fi but not on my 5Ghz network ever since I updated to iOS 26
I have exactly the opposite problem. RCS messaging only works when I'm connected to WIFI. I contacted AT&T it took them several days to finally to tell me it's not their problem but Apple. Apparently there is a problem ios26 with RCS working properly. And yes I did everything. Reset network settings, deleted esim, installed new one(3 times), factory reset phone--same problem. So hopefully Apple gets it fixed.
RCS is also not working for me since upgrading to iOS 26 on my iPhone 16 Pro Max. In addition, I am getting delayed texts (oftentimes needing to turn on / off wifi to get text messages again). I contacted AT&T live chat support and they said this is an Apple Bug that they need to fix.
Mine is already set to Fixed. Just to test it, I switched it to Rotating and it worked. Back to Fixed and it still works. Hopefully it lasts
Anyone find a fix for this?
You should not have to do that!
I also have this issue. RCS doesn’t work while WiFi on. It only works when WiFi is turned off.
Good find. That worked for me too.
this worked for me
im glad it worked for someone too :))
RCS not working on WiFi after updating to iOS 26 [iOS26]
