That may be. I don’t tend to have years worth of text messages on my phone. When there’s something important that I need evidence of, either I take screenshots and email the conversation to myself. I participate on Android betas, which has resulted in several factory resets.
Do you mean the search functionality on the Messages app? If that’s the case, it works for me. I just tested the word tornado, it displayed 4 different contacts that I have texted that word. If I click a contact it will send me to where that word is and even highlighted it
Bob bob bob bob borob bob
I had contacts that called, let the phone ring once or twice in order to ensure a missed call on my end, end the call and wait for me to return the call.
I mean, that’s the whole premise of Apple in the USA. This green vs blue bubble issue is not predominant in other countries.