Texting on Symphony of the Seas

[daisyday33]

We are going to be on the Symphony of the Seas with our grandchildren and we would like to be able to text with them onboard so that we know where they are without making them come back to check in all the time.  Do you have to purchase an internet plan for all of us to do this or is there a ‘social plan’ that will work or do they have something that is free on the app that could work?  Obviously, we don’t want to buy an internet plan for all of us, so I’m looking for our options.  Thank you!

[tullers]

I believe that option has been discontinued.  On the old RoyalIQ app it failed as often as not.

[Clarea]

I believe you would have to purchase internet for all devices at the present time.  I don't think the "free" texting capability is available on Symphony yet.

[Biker19]

31 minutes ago, tullers said:

I believe that option has been discontinued.  On the old RoyalIQ app it failed as often as not.

Symphony never had Royal iQ, she had the RCI app to start. 

[parsec0298]

Messaging was not supported when I was on Symphony in January, but the RCI app does seem to have been updated to support messaging now.  At least that’s what it says for my upcoming cruise on Harmony.  You can check now.  Just download the app to your phone and login.  If you see the chat bubble in the top right corner then it sounds like it will work.  Only requirement is that others in your party connect to the sip’s WiFi.

[Clarea]

37 minutes ago, parsec0298 said:

Messaging was not supported when I was on Symphony in January, but the RCI app does seem to have been updated to support messaging now.  At least that’s what it says for my upcoming cruise on Harmony.  You can check now.  Just download the app to your phone and login.  If you see the chat bubble in the top right corner then it sounds like it will work.  Only requirement is that others in your party connect to the sip’s WiFi.

 

Messaging has been functional on Harmony and Allure for months.  Maybe I missed it, but I cannot recall a report that indicating messaging was functional on Symphony.

[soremekun]

Just checked.  As of today,  the chat feature is not available on Symphony. 

[Clarea]

12 minutes ago, soremekun said:

Just checked.  As of today,  the chat feature is not available on Symphony. 

 

Is the texting still limited to Allure and Harmony, or was another ship added recently?

[soremekun]

11 minutes ago, Host Clarea said:

 

Is the texting still limited to Allure and Harmony, or was another ship added recently?

Just Allure and Harmony for now.  I just checked all ships in the app.

[Clarea]

1 minute ago, soremekun said:

Just Allure and Harmony for now.  I just checked all ships in the app.

 

Thanks for the update.

[soremekun]

I really hope they have most features on most ships by the summer cruising season.

[CaribbeanCrush]

On 10/23/2019 at 7:43 PM, soremekun said:

Just Allure and Harmony for now.  I just checked all ships in the app.

 

Thanks! We'll be on the Allure in January