MicroBeta Posted October 14, 2019 Report Share Posted October 14, 2019 What do you use to text between devices on board and what DON'T you like about it? Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddy Posted October 14, 2019 Report Share Posted October 14, 2019 My wife and I both have iPhones so imessage worked well. Pictures were iffy even with Surf and Stream though. Seemed to be hit or miss. Facebook messenger worked great for pictures, whether we texted each other or sent people at home pictures. Edited to add this was on Vision. MicroBeta 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loyal to Royal Posted October 14, 2019 Report Share Posted October 14, 2019 We were on the Allure - one of the ships enhanced to work with the new app. We just used the free Royal Caribbean App's messenger and it worked great. The only thing we didn't like was that you have to be on the ship's wifi to use it - and unless you are paying for the surf or stream packages through the ship the app is the ONLY thing that will work once you turn their Wifi on. So when we first got on the boat in Florida we turned our WiFi on to connect to the app. Then we couldn't iMessage other's back home - because it uses the internet to send - without first turning our wifi back off. Then to see if we had messages on the Royal app we had to turn on the wifi again - now not knowing if we had anything sent to us on iMessage. It was a slight inconvenience and really wasn't important. Only impacted us on 2 days - one the embarkation day and the other when we were docked in Mexico as our cell plan includes Mexico. MicroBeta 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flacruiser99 Posted October 14, 2019 Report Share Posted October 14, 2019 1 hour ago, MicroBeta said: What do you use to text between devices on board and what DON'T you like about it? Mike On Allure you were able to use the RCI app. MicroBeta 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicroBeta Posted October 14, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2019 We're going on the Oasis in May 2020 so the messenger app should work for us. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebecca Ann Posted October 14, 2019 Report Share Posted October 14, 2019 I wish Adventure had the option to chat MicroBeta 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicroBeta Posted October 14, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2019 Is there a list somewhere that shows which ships this works on which don't? Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loyal to Royal Posted October 14, 2019 Report Share Posted October 14, 2019 Yes - it shows in the app what ships are using the new app. Right now looking at my app it says Adventure, Allure, Anthem, Brilliance, Enchantment, Harmony, Independence, Liberty, Majesty, Mariner, Navigator, Oasis, Ovation, Quantum, Serenade, Spectrum, Symphony, and Vision. It looks like the list is at the bottom of this website too.... https://www.royalcaribbean.com/booked/royal-app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedNoodles Posted October 14, 2019 Report Share Posted October 14, 2019 15 minutes ago, Pinnacle Dreams said: Yes - it shows in the app what ships are using the new app. Right now looking at my app it says Adventure, Allure, Anthem, Brilliance, Enchantment, Harmony, Independence, Liberty, Majesty, Mariner, Navigator, Oasis, Ovation, Quantum, Serenade, Spectrum, Symphony, and Vision. It looks like the list is at the bottom of this website too.... https://www.royalcaribbean.com/booked/royal-app Only a couple of these actually have the chat embedded in the app at this time, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebecca Ann Posted October 14, 2019 Report Share Posted October 14, 2019 I know adventure did not have the chat option last October. I will be on adventure again next week, so we'll see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXcruzer Posted October 14, 2019 Report Share Posted October 14, 2019 Currently only Harmony, Allure, and Enchantment have the chat feature active Rebecca Ann 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted October 14, 2019 Report Share Posted October 14, 2019 Fingers crossed that Oasis is added with the chat feature during dry dock. Smokeater639 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicroBeta Posted October 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2019 This has been really good info. Thanks to everyone. Now I just have to hope that when Oasis comes out of the shipyard we can use the app for messaging. Otherwise, we'll have to use a third party app. Thanks Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samiaam25 Posted October 15, 2019 Report Share Posted October 15, 2019 I used the WhatsApp app to text with my daughter on Independence in April. It worked really well and we didn't have any issues with the WiFi on board. MicroBeta and Jill 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mworkman Posted October 15, 2019 Report Share Posted October 15, 2019 I don't care for the app chat as it doesn't let you know when you receive a message and found that you have to have the app open and running to receive messages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted October 16, 2019 Report Share Posted October 16, 2019 15 hours ago, mworkman said: I don't care for the app chat as it doesn't let you know when you receive a message and found that you have to have the app reopen and running to receive messages. Someone in my Facebook Live last night mentioned they just updated it so there is a notification MicroBeta 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loyal to Royal Posted October 16, 2019 Report Share Posted October 16, 2019 2 hours ago, Matt said: Someone in my Facebook Live last night mentioned they just updated it so there is a notification We got notifications on our September Allure cruise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Posted October 16, 2019 Report Share Posted October 16, 2019 Must admit that when im on vacation my phone is only used as a camera. If my wife visits spa etc without me i just tell her a few places i may be and she finds me. However the info on here is good for those like my wife who like to keep in contact with those back home or post things on Unsociable Media ( you can tell by that comment i dont have it lol ) Is there a timescale for rolling the feature out onto all other ships? Fuzzywuzzy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancingfish Posted October 16, 2019 Report Share Posted October 16, 2019 I am assuming that you need to purchase the ships internet to text between two phones right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Posted October 17, 2019 Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 We use WhatsApp if we have a group of mixed brands: Apple/android. On our Freedom cruise last March we had a group of 4 iPhones and 4 androids so it worked great. We live on a farm and I use WhatsApp to keep in contact with my farm sitters too. I think it’s a great app. Everything is encrypted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwbaker Posted October 17, 2019 Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 If you phone and provider support WIFI calling (Verizon does) you can activate it (before you go on trip). Anytime you car connected to WIFI, including on the ship, your phone will work as it normally does. Get on board, enable airplane mode, then turn wifi back on. This ensures you do not roam on cellular networks. Once wifi connects, phone works just like normal. Send and receive texts and phone calls. Oh, and yes... You will need to subscribe to the onboard Voom. Otherwise you have to wait until you can hop on a free land based wifi. But, everything will still work like above, even when international. I read somewhere else that you MUST activate wifi calling on your phone before you go international because you cannot activate out of your home country. I have not verified this fact. MicroBeta 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEANNA McKenna Posted October 17, 2019 Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 What is the Imessenger app.... is this through RC mobile app.... ??? I downloaded that app... but don't see anywhere to message others.... ??? MicroBeta 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted October 17, 2019 Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 17 minutes ago, DEANNA McKenna said: What is the Imessenger app.... is this through RC mobile app.... ??? I downloaded that app... but don't see anywhere to message others.... ??? iMessenger is a feature on iPhones that allow messages to be sent via text (instead of SMS). If you have an iPhone, it's the blue text messages (as opposed to the green ones). DEANNA McKenna 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEANNA McKenna Posted October 17, 2019 Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PG Cruiser Posted October 17, 2019 Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 41 minutes ago, DEANNA McKenna said: What is the Imessenger app.... is this through RC mobile app.... ??? I downloaded that app... but don't see anywhere to message others.... ??? http://www.differencebetween.net/technology/difference-between-texting-and-imessage/ MicroBeta 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadgriffin Posted January 19, 2020 Report Share Posted January 19, 2020 On 10/14/2019 at 4:46 PM, DanielB said: Fingers crossed that Oasis is added with the chat feature during dry dock. Just got off oasis. They didnt add the chat during dry dock (I dont know why) Last year allure had it when we were on. Was on rhapsody last month, no go on the app at all on her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mworkman Posted January 19, 2020 Report Share Posted January 19, 2020 On 10/16/2019 at 9:15 AM, Matt said: Someone in my Facebook Live last night mentioned they just updated it so there is a notification Just tried it and still doesn’t let you know..also tried using ships Wi-Fi for what’s app and that doesn’t work either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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