Anybody having phone connectivity issues ?

[Ozarkbeard]

I have a Motorola Moto G Power running Android 11 from around 2020 and the truck's (non-SYNC) infotainment system does not always connect wirelessly to it via BT. I cannot always blame the truck, since rebooting my phone often fixes this issue.
HOWEVER - One REALLY annoying problem is that the Maverick will show me SMS and MMS messages, but completely ignore RCS (Remote Chat) ones preferred by Android for messaging with another Android. This has caused me to miss some critically important text messages and renders the entire system worse than useless to me. I've heard rumors that Google may fix this but I have my doubts it will help my older system. Does anyone know the facts? Ford? Hellooooo???

RCS stands for Rich Communication Services. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Communication_Services
The world standard for texting adopted by most phone companies and phone manufacturers (Iphone users will finally get standard RCS texting this fall).

RCS & the old SMS texts both work fine through my truck on my 2020-era Pixel 4a.
If you're having trouble with RCS on an older Android phone, firstly, make sure you're running the latest version of Messages. If so, go to Apps Settings, clear your Messages app data & cache, then restart your phone.

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