The end of this conundrum : apple

[–] Ruisfillari@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

whatsapp much?

[–] andejandeli@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

This is awesome even though i typically use Threema or Signal for non apple to apple messages

[–] IronCross19@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Honesty if android had a data based messaging app that was as smooth and seamless and I message, I'd probably make the switch back.

I enjoyed alot of things android but as I got older ease of use and functionality are #1 priority

[–] MysteriousAd6433@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

But that actually is the Google Messaging app. I have iPhone 15PM and Google Pixel 6 Pro and I honestly can’t see anything different between messages in android and iMessage. If you have RCS enabled on android, your messages do become data based, you get typing notifications, read receipts, can send pictures and videos over internet.

I don’t understand it myself, both are so similar, android messaging is android to android and iMessage is iPhone to iPhone. They can both easily do what the other can, so this whole thing makes no sense to me

[–] Plastic-Mess-3959@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

iMessage can reply to messages with stickers and play games

[–] dejushin@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

What are those features? I never understood what's so special about iMessages

[–] Soggy_Cattle1853@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

It is better than imassage and works on all devices. Thanks apple for making photos look shit when sending from android to ios

[–] PixelNotPolygon@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

lol this is the first time I’ve seen Google messages in …years? Maybe a decade?

[–] Empty-Swing@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm extremely happy about this. I have friends and some family who have Pixel/Samsung so chatting will be much better. I liked RCS in Google Messages.

[–] take_dat_dump@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Just use WhatsApp?

[–] Empty-Swing@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I shouldn't have too?

[–] take_dat_dump@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

You do realise you're complaining about not having a platform to talk to them because they don't have iMessage and WhatsApp clearly solves your problem. Plus for rcs integration you're gonna have to wait another year

[–] Anon_8675309@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

That meta trash. You know they MITM’d that shit.

[–] be_bo_i_am_robot@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

I’d say just use Signal, but nobody listens.

Anyway, RCS is a big deal, and a good thing, overall.

[–] theonlydiego1@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Me and my girl already use FB Messenger. What good does this bring us?

[–] jakelong66f@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Well believe it or not, you can text other people than your girlfriend.

[–] besthuman@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They should totally change it to blue.

[–] --ThirdCultureKid--@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

I think it should be a completely different color. Maybe orange. Having green mean two different things isn’t cool.

[–] pizza_toast102@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

I swear there’s a new one of these every day

[–] c-a-l-e@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Most people use WhatsApp anyway on my side of the world 😂. Doesn’t really matter for me 🤣.

[–] LinkBoating@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

ok

[–] Sagnikk@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What happened ?

[–] qweerty32@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

RCS support in iMessage

[–] mehdotdotdotdot@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Google just ended google messages

[–] Doomcalk@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

still no game pigeon for them tho

[–] Userna-mey@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The end…

https://preview.redd.it/hnpfraxoa21c1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ad324e20f39daf1a456667058242f57a4db202c7

Source: everyone outside of North America

[–] Zopotroco@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Everybody out of USA are gone still using WhatsApp

[–] Plastic-Mess-3959@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

I had to use WhatsApp for a group chat once. I’ll never go back to it

[–] gecegokyuzu@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

list of messager i dont use

[–] NintegaUK@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Genuinely never thought or noticed this before. Now it’s going to bug me every time I see the Messages icon

[–] VladimirPoitin@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Except the green ones aren’t necessarily Android users.

[–] Mig-117@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

As someone who uses both iphone and Android... Both use green bubbles. The imessage bubbles are green of you are using celular instead of internet to send messages.

[–] RichardCrapper@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Blue = iMessage. If it’s green, it was SMS, soon it will be RCS. When you don’t have a strong internet connection, depending on your settings, messages will revert to SMS. When you see the green, even if it’s to another iPhone, it is NOT iMessage and is NOT secure (sms is sent plain text)

[–] doodler_tech@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Even if you don’t understand the blue bubble thing, (aka not in the US), arcs is still important as it’s much more secure than SMS, so one time codes from banks and other things should be harder for hackers to get.

[–] Total-Guest-4141@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Why would we want two apps. That’s ridiculous.

[–] absurd_whale@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don’t give a damn. You really making this so much big a deal but completely ignoring that billions of people across USA border doesn’t care.

[–] Unfair_Conference_73@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

And the US will get this benefit thanks to the EU

[–] HaiKarate@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

No, it just means that Android messages will show a few more things (like read status).

But the green and blue colors will remain because iMessage supports more iOS-specific features.

[–] lemonchemistry@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

With the announcement of RCS for iOS. I would actually appreciate the option to change the colour of my chat bubbles. If something is sms or iMessage, it usually says so above the first message or if it decides to switch because of something like signal strength

[–] STUMP_JUMPER_FL@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

If you’re green you still a lozer lol

[–] NerdWhoLikesTrees@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Worshipping a corporation that doesn't give a shit about you lol

[–] Soggy_Cattle1853@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

If you pay a giant sum of money for an overpriced product with bugs and shit build quality you are the bigger loser

[–] ddorrmmammu@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So now there's gonna be another "Messaging" app in the app store?

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[–] RepMajor@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Took me 2 minutes to find

”Apple has confirmed to me that blue bubbles will still be used to represent iMessages, while green bubbles will represent RCS messages”

[–] Plastic-Mess-3959@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Yup and it’s not coming until iOS 18

[–] Jacko170584@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

iMessage has always been blue from iPhone to iPhone. Android to iPhone is always green.

[–] Grayccoon_@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

I suspect people might switch to these apps now instead of meta’s

[–] Stingray88@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Definitely not. iMessage isn’t going anywhere, they’ve said that. And RCS will just be green now.

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[–] xCTG27@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What will this do though? I’ve never really paid attention to any of this? I what is the real benefit

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[–] Isthisreallife-0313@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

I would like to edit a text sent to Android phone. Or reply to sent message. I like those features a lot.