I read about Apple looking to bring the spec up to par, but I suspect it has a higher chance of being a nothing-burger since carriers haven’t bothered with RCS and Google’s implementation is as controlled/proprietary as iMessage so it will be interesting to see how things go forward.
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(honestly I can also see the AI fad as a little less “extract more money” and more “make the investors think we’re doing something so they A. don’t lose their shit and B. think we’re high tech”)
There is RCS the standard, which isn’t really used - maybe Apple’s support will give it a boost. Then there is RCS + proprietary addons that is used, Google iMessage.
Men are usually immune to it’s worst effects as well 🥴
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See what kind of radio you have in there - if it's 3G then you're already set since it's likely been sunsetted.
This applies to 4Runner's but the gist may apply.
2019 and earlier MY have a 3G radio and that's gone. 2020+ have a 4G radio that should be disconnected via phone call first before hardware mods.
Disconnecting the antenna on that vehicle only reduces cellular range but there is also a fuse that can be pulled but that will be very model specific so checking your manual/fusebox/online documentation may help. (in Toyota's the only side effect is loss of microphone use for in-car calls)
An iPad Pro, specifically
There's no easy one-stop solution since it can vary widely.
I would look at subreddits (yuck, reddit!), or dedicated forums for your model if they exist, you'd probably be surprised what's out there. (Example, there's Piloteers (Honda Pilot), Kia-Forums (Kia), 4Runners and Toyota-4Runner, etc. But information may be scattered.
First objective is figuring out if it's even on your vehicle or applicable. Older 3G radios are done since the networks that connected to them are gone now. My '16 Kia had no cellular radio. Maybe you have an SOS button or they advertise a phone app to control your vehicle remotely?
Edit: And if you can't find specific model/year information for your vehicle, you can look for information for related vehicles and see if it's relevant. Ex: Honda Passport, Pilot, Ridgeline sharing a lot of engineering.
in this case that's Toyota specific and it means likely loss of phone calls on the go (but nothing else) even though the data can't leave your vehicle anymore. It all depends on how they wire up the system. Maybe it's easier, maybe it's tied to something random.
The antennae only likely won’t reduce range enough. Check for an opt-out procedure prior to purchase since that’s easiest, then look for what fuse powers the connection (also easy), but worse case, lay eyes on the module itself and evaluate.
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