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[–] JWBananas 8 points 2 weeks ago

Messages from Android phones show up as green bubbles in iMessage chats, and chaos ensues.

No, they don't. Messages from Android phones show up as grey bubbles.

Messages sent TO Android phones show up as green bubbles.

You can literally see it in the screenshot in the article.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


The move comes after years of taunting, cajoling, and finally, some regulatory scrutiny from the EU.

Messages from Android phones show up as green bubbles in iMessage chats, and chaos ensues.

RCS offers typing indicators and read receipts, allows you to send longer messages, and supports higher-quality images and videos.

It’s become the standard messaging protocol on Android phones as US wireless carriers fully adopted it over the past five years, but Apple has been stubbornly withholding support.

Pressure campaigns from Google and Samsung to adopt RCS probably aren’t what pushed Apple past the tipping point.

The company announced in November — seemingly out of the blue — that it would add RCS support in the upcoming year.


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[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Apple: we care about privacy and a better user experience

Android person: well why did it take you five years to support rcs?

Apple: we care about you. Buy an iPhone.

Android person: no I thi....

Apple: Shut up pleb. We know what's best for you.