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[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They should totally change it to blue.

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 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

[–] [email protected] 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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

iMessage can reply to messages with stickers and play games

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

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

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

RCS support in iMessage

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Everybody out of USA are gone still using WhatsApp

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

still no game pigeon for them tho

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Google just ended google messages

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Except the green ones aren’t necessarily Android users.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

list of messager i dont use

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

If there is no licensing fee incurred by Apple, then it’s a null point.

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 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)

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

And the US will get this benefit thanks to the EU

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

If you’re green you still a lozer lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

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

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[–] [email protected] 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

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago
[–] [email protected] 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”

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Yup and it’s not coming until iOS 18

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

It’s all nonsense.

People with enough bad taste to use Android stood out when they could not receive full resolutions videos or photos coming through at them via antiquated messaging text protocols.

Alphabet, formerly Google (Android), and their cohort could not help them and have been whining.

Meanwhile there are many messaging app out there. No one is really forcing anyone to use anything specific.

It’s all ebb and flow and popularity/ adoption seems to be driven by what someone’s family and social circle adopts to communicate.

Most people use native + 3-4 apps depending on who they want to talk to. For privacy, features etc etc.

[–] [email protected] 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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