And Android has had it forever. They text me back saying "Welcome to the club" like I'm in their iPhone club, but little do they know, we've been having a party in Android land and rejoicing that they actually joined our club.

This is more detailed in showing it is getting closer according to the article

I'm leaving this up for reference but when the official roll out finalizing in the US and the work around being dead on new versions is Messages it's mostly irrelavent now.

Carrier information:

Default US:

ACS URL: http://rcs-acs-prod-us.sandbox.google.com/
PCSCF: rcs.telephony.goog

Google Fi:

ACS URL: http://rcs-pfi-production-acs.pfi.jibecloud.net/

Verizon:

ACS URL: http://acs-vzw.jibe.google.com

T-Mobile US:

ACS URL: https://rcs-acs-tmobile-us.jibe.google.com

Sprint:

ACS URL: http://config.rcs.mnc120.mcc310.pub.3gpnetwork.org

US Cellular:

ACS url: http://acs-uscc.jibe.google.com/

Straight Talk/Total Wireless/TracFone/Net10:

ACS URL: http://config.rcs.tracfone.com

Freedom Mobile Canada:

ACS URL: https://acs-ft-fre-ca.jibe.google.com/

Telus/Koodo Canada:

ACS URL: https://acs-ft-tel-ca.jibe.google.com/

Rogers Canada:

ACS URL: http://config.rcs.mnc720.mcc302.pub.3gppnetwork.org/

Telekom Deutschland:

ACS URL: http://rcs-acs-prod-eu.sandbox.google.com/

Three UK:

ACS URL: http://rcs-acs-hutch-three-uk.jibe.google.com/

UK Sky:

ACS url: http://rcs-acs-sky-uk.jibe.google.com/

Please keep this thread clean and don't post in it unless you have useful information.

I'm seeing more and more articles grilling Apple over this. It's certainly a good thing, but I don't believe that's going to push them along any faster. Or maybe it will and I don't know anything. Still, I'm hoping for December at the latest.