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Old Aug 23, 2023 | 12:18 pm
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Originally Posted by yvr76
That's all I was asking with my original post. So it looks like you can use Google Messages as long as you're communicating with someone else that has a supported Android phone (Samsung Galaxy, Pixel etc) as it uses RCS (which uses data). Otherwise it tries to fallback to SMS, which apparently people say will not work. Same thing with iMessage, if you're not talking to someone with an iPhone then you're out of luck.

Google has tried to shame Apple into supporting RCS but the official response is from Apple is that you should just buy an iPhone

This will work great for those who are using WhatsApp and Meta Messenger, but can be confusing for iMessage, and even more so for Google Messenger.
Originally Posted by NathanielB
Wondering if anybody else was able to experience this? First time I never was able to, quite cool. I do not know if it's related to the relatively new Bell Partnership, but I was able to get text verification codes for logging into my bank, I got text messages from my dad using his Android texting me, etc. Here is what the conditions were to get the text messages:
  • Using an iPhone 14 Pro
  • iPhone is toggled to Airplane Mode
  • Connected to the ACWIFI Network
Has anybody else been able to get things like text codes and SMS messages in the same fashion as-of-late?
Yes, this has worked for me on every wifi network everywhere in the world for almost a decade.
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