Tracfone Moto 5g Stylus (2021) issue with texting

[Gene365]

Sometimes when I try to send a simple text, I get this pop up (see below). If I click the "send text as SMS/MMS" it will work. Does anyone else get this message? Is there a way to make my phone default to the send as SMS? I'm not sure why it does this sometimes but not all the time. I don't want to leave my mobile data on all the time but would love to stop getting this message. Thanks

 

[Clementine_3]

In settings for Messages turn RCS chat off, that will make it behave like regular SMS/MMS.

 

[Gene365]

I see that RCS chat is turned on and I turned it off. Thanks so much for the quick response!