What Does Blue Dot on Samsung Contacts Mean?

Blue dot on Samsung contacts is reported by several users on Android and iPhones. Especially, Samsung users can relate to this when they find a little blue dot icon next to the name of some contacts or messages. So, what is this little blue dot next to contact and message on your smartphone? What does it mean? What are the advantages and how to remove this blue dot? Let’s find the answers.

Blue Dot Next to Contacts and messages

Why does my Samsung contact have a blue dot?

A blue dot next to contact number on Samsung phone simply means that the device is RSC ready device. This indicated that the contact marked with blue dot next to the number is RSC enabled and you can send and receive MMS or multimedia messages to the number.

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RCS message system is more complex, in order to provide probing of the phonebook (for the detection of the service) and to transmit multimedia in the calls.

The RCS Enable Devices have the Blue Dot Next to Contacts simply means that you can send or receive Multimedia via text message on the number like any other chatting app.

Blue Dot Next to Contacts on Android, What Does it Mean?

The little blue dot next to contact or message app in Samsung simply signifies that the contact is RSC enabled(a carrier aggregator Advanced messaging feature) and you can send or receive instant messages.

What Does The Blue Dot Mean On Samsung

Instant message is an advanced mode of text and MMS messages where you can send a text message of up to 8000 words and send videos, images and long documents like other chatting apps. it also supports all major files format(e.g., PDF, XLS, ZIP etc.)

The messaging app searches your contacts and connects to your carrier database to identify how many of your contacts are using RCS-capable phones and their RCS network infrastructure, and how many of your contacts are not.

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It notifies you that the contact number with a blue dot next to it has met all the requirements for sending and receiving such messages or chat mode conversations.

If both of your phones use an RCS network infrastructure, the other person’s contact information will have a blue dot next to it if you are in contact with them.

If you have a Samsung phone or any other Android device and you see a blue dot next to a contact’s name, this indicates that you can do more than just send and receive a text message using the conventional format for text messages.

For instance, if the other person also has a Samsung phone, it’s possible that profile sharing is enabled, and the dot is displaying online updates to both of you.

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Advantages of Blue Dot on Contacts

A blue dot next to a contact and messages has it’s own advantage over standard message system;

  • You can send advanced messages to the contacts having blue dots next to them that may include a large video, documents, audio files, and any other media format.
  • The message sent to a contact having blue dot on your phone is sent over Internet data. So, if you are on a limited SMS plan, this can be handy for you.
  • An RCS message(massage to the number having blue dot) is completely free and unlimited.
  • Unlike standard text message which is limited to 160 words. You can send a long message of up to 8000 words to the contact.
  • Group discussions with up to 100 participants are possible.
  • All Advanced Messaging, SMS, and MMS messages sent to and received from the same contact are consolidated into a single conversation history.

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How to Enable Blue Dot Contacts and Messages?

Displaying the blue dot next to contact or messages requires an active internet connection on the device and the carrier must support the RCS feature on the device.

In most cases, both devices using the same network can enable the settings to see the blue dot next to a contact. Usually, the settings are enabled by default on all the devices. But, you can also enable the settings by following the steps below;

  1. Open settings on Google messages.
  2. Go to Chat features.
  3. Toggle the Enable chat feature on.

How To Remove Blue Dot From Contact on Samsung?

On Samsung devices, you can easily remove the blue dot from contacts and messages by using simple steps. The only way to deactivate one RCS feature is to switch off advanced messaging.

  1. Open settings on Google messages.
  2. Go to Chat features.
  3. Toggle the Enable chat feature Off.

Remove Blue Dot From Contact on Samsung

This will remove the blue dot from all the contacts and return to normal standard text message mode.

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Why Are Some Text Messages Green and Some Blue on Samsung?

A green dot next to a message indicates that you can send and receive a text message on the number. A standard text message may be sent and received without an internet connection.

A Blue dot next to the message signifies that both devices is RCS advanced messages enabled and can be used for the advanced message. Also, this requires an active Wifi or mobile internet connection.

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What’s the Difference Between RCS and Other Messaging Services?

When your RCS-capable phone communicates with another RCS-capable phone, all the richness of RCS comes into play with its suite of next-generation abilities.

The motive of giving the RCS to the phone’s messaging app is to allow users to use the messaging app like any other chatting app(WhatsApp, iMessage, Telegram etc.)

What Devices can use Advanced RCS Messaging?

Most modern smartphones have the RCS messaging feature on the device. In order to see the blue dot next to contact you must enable the advanced chat feature on the device. Still here is the list of all major carrier providers with confirmed RCS messaging support;

T-Mobile

  • Samsung Galaxy S7
  • Samsung Galaxy S8
  • Note 8
  • Note 9
  • OnePlus 6T
  • Samsung Galaxy J3 Prime, and J3 Pro etc.

AT&T

  • LG K40
  • LG G8
  • LG V35
  • LG G8x ThinQ
  • LG Prime 2
  • LG Stylo 5
  • Samsung Galaxy S10
  • Samsung Galaxy S9
  • Samsung Galaxy S8
  • Samsung Galaxy S7
  • Samsung Galaxy Note
  • Samsung A10e

Verizon

  • Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+
  • Google Pixel 3, 3 XL

Samsung Device With Advanced RCS Message;

Samsung Galaxy Note8, Note9, Note10, and Note10+ models are available.

Samsung Galaxy S7, S7 edge, S8, S8+, S9, S9+, S10, S10+, S10e, S20 5G, S20+ 5G, S20 Ultra 5G, S10, S10e, S10+, S10e, S10e, S20 Ultra 5G, S10, S10e, S10e, S10e, S10e, S10e, S20, S20+ 5G, S20 Ultra 5G

Also, If you have a Samsung handset that was released in or after 2021, or any other Android device running OS 5.0 (Lollipop) or higher, you should look into Google Messages.

What is Advanced Messaging, and how does it work?

In the United States and other major European countries, Advanced Messaging is available on all major networks on LTE.

This removes the limitation of the device for sending and receiving the messages like standard and boring text formats.

How to Send Advanced Messages on RCS Enable device?

  • Launch the Messages application.
  • Select the compose icon from the toolbar.
  • Choose a contact or enter the phone number of the person who will receive the message.
  • Fill up the blanks with your message.
  • On the GS9/9+, press the Send or Blue Arrow buttons.

It will send the message via Advanced Messaging when a message shows in a green bubble on the screen.

A yellow bubble signifies that a text message or multimedia message service (MMS) has been sent.

Why Blue Dot Suddenly Turned into Green Dot?

This simply signifies that the number has not an active internet connection connected to the device. Also, if someone owns an iPhone and the blue dot next to the number turns green, that means the person has blocked your number on the device or perhaps he or she has switched off iMessage, in which case your iMessages are converted to SMS.

Final Words:

A blue dot on Samsung contacts or any other smartphone simply signifies that both devices are RCS enabled and can be used to send or receive advanced text messaging. This allows them to use the text message app to use like any other chatting app(WhatsApp, Telegram, Facebook messenger etc).

To use the advance messages or to have a blue dot next to a contact, your network carrier must have an LTE network and the device must support the RCS messaging. You can easily enable the conversation mode on the messaging app to show the blue dot for the contacts. Also, to stop seeing the dot next to contact and message, simply disable the conversation mode to return to standard text mode. 

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