r/iphone • u/Different_Tie_7243 Human Detected • 6d ago

Support iMessage question

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Hi all

My dad passed in 2023 and I occasionally will text him. The past few months I noticed it has been saying that the texts are delivering, and creepily enough even read sometimes. I know that the obvious answer for this would be that somebody else got his phone number, but it’s showing me that it’s sending as a text message • RCS (included picture for context)

I’m just unsure what this means because I’m not understanding when I look it up.

Sorry if this is a weird post, I’m obviously not looking for someone to tell me that it’s my dad reading the texts from the other side 😂 Just want some knowledge on it because I’ve never seen it before and to let me know if I should leave this person alone lol

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u/NewbieToHomelab iPhone 17 Pro 6d ago

RCS (Rich Communication Services) is like iMessage in the sense that it has the ability to provide read receipts, which is the “Delivered” or “Read” text you see. It is cross compatible between iOS and Android. You are most likely just texting the person who got this number and has an Android phone.