Google Messages more widely rolling out dual SIM RCS support [U]

Google Messages has been working on dual SIM RCS since the start of this year, and support is now more widely rolling out in beta.

Update 1/13/25: As of today, there are more reports of dual SIM RCS support rolling out with the latest beta (version 20250112_00_RC00) of Google Messages. There are some reports of it working with the stable release (20241120_00_RC07), as well as those with two physical SIMs, eSIM + physical SIM, and outside the US.

Original 10/28/24: To date, you could only have RCS active on one phone number at a time in Google Messages. Dual RCS support lets both be active simultaneously. Going to Settings > RCS chats notes the status of both as “Connected” with checkboxes to disable/enable each SIM.

After testing in recent months, a lot more users are seeing this with the latest Google Messages beta (version 20241018_01_RC00+) in recent days, with another rollout today. There are more than a few reports in the US on Google Fi, T-Mobile, Verizon, etc. across various phone models, including Samsung. You can have both a physical SIM and an eSIM instead of needing variant hardware.

However, not all Google Messages users report having dual SIM RCS support yet. This is a server-side rollout, with beta version 20241024_01_RC00 also rolling out this morning. (Try restarting your phone to check.)

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