Why are my messages being sent as SMS without delivered or read notifications?

As of yesterday when I send messages to specific people, they are being sent as SMS and I’m not getting a delivered or read notification




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iPhone 13, iOS 18

Posted on Mar 4, 2025 10:24 AM

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Mar 5, 2025 9:35 AM in response to Angellaporta

Because SMS isn't capable of showing Read receipts, only RCS and imessage conversations are.

If it's not working now but was before you need to be more specific. Many people here have had SMS/RCS issues with sending & receiving texts, myself included, today in fact is particularly bad. Maybe there's tariffs on text messages too ;)

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Why are my messages being sent as SMS without delivered or read notifications?

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