Settings I should've changed on day one.

RCS, filters, mentions, and backgrounds help to modernize Messages. On every new iPhone, I check these settings and features ...

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Open Google Messages → profile icon → Messages settings → RCS chats → turn off “RCS chats.” Wait a full 5 minutes (not 30 seconds — the deregistration needs time to propagate to Google’s servers).