Recent content by lparsons21

Well I guess it can’t. But after thinking this through it wouldn’t accomplish what I want anyway as I and the bulk of friends and family use iMessage on their iOS devices and those aren’t available outside of iMessage.

I have an iPhone and a Moto Z3. On the iPhone I have set Message+ to the phone number of the Z3 so I can get text messages for that number. I would like to do the opposite on the Z3 but it doesn’t seem to be possible. Am I missing something?

But if it ends up not being encrypted I’ll stick with apple.

Re: If I Messages is so great why can't Android Messages just copy its functionality? According to this https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Communication_Services it started around 2007 but it seems that it languished a bit until 2012. So we’re either 12 or 7 years into the product as of now...

With the current lack or any real RCS support from the carriers other than Sprint, I can see why it is taking so long. But then just looking at Verizon which only does it on Pixels, I have to wonder why. If it works on Pixels why can’t it work on most other Android phones?

Yes, but not as big of one IMO. If, and it is a very big if, Apple gets onboard the RCS train it would be great. OTOH, Google’s history with messaging is a hot mess and shows no sign of changing unfortunately.

That’s true, but if nearly every Android phone had a Message app that works similarly to iMessage, it wouldn’t be an issue at all. And that’s the idea around RCS. Ideally for,users, RCS would be the default on all devices, but it isn’t certain that apple will get onboard or if Google won’t just...

It does both iMessage via apple servers and sms seamlessly. I know that if I send a text via iMessage that it will show up on the recipients end regardless of whether they support the features of iMessage exclusive to Apple.

After downloading and playing around with this update I’m pleasantly surprised to see that it doesn’t seem to have the issues some others are complaining about on other phones. So far, just flawless!

iPhone XS Max 64Gb and Moto Z3 64Gb. Love ‘em both! The Z3 is such a bargain. About 90% of the latest flagships for 25% of the cost!

It is out! Just installed

Getting mine now. Not the quickest download, but is progressing nicely.

Yeah, I forgot that an Android user needs to be in the start of the chat. Note snarky comment noted and ignored [emoji48]

iMessage is what I use on my iPhone and have quite a few group chats with a mix of other iMessage and Android users. iMessage will use sms for those in the chat that aren’t on iOS.

Check the from and you’ll see they aren’t from Apple at all.