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Tag: iMessage for Android

Why Apple never released Messages for Android

Friday, April 9, 2021 10:15 amFriday, April 9, 202122 Comments

Court documents filed in the Epic Games v. Apple case show that Apple considered a version of Messages for Android, but…

Apple’s Messages for Android will never arrive and green bubbles will keep ruining Messages

Monday, August 19, 2019 10:44 amThursday, January 7, 202125 Comments

For the time being, those who settle for Google insecure, privacy-trampling, fragmented, toxic hellstew will remain in their green bubble ghetto sporadically soiling our pristine, blue, full-featured Messages…

Apple reportedly to support RCS, the iMessage-like successor to SMS

Tuesday, January 8, 2019 4:44 pmTuesday, January 8, 20196 Comments

Touted as an upgraded version of SMS, RCS is being spearheaded by the carriers…

Apple can transform enterprise communications — if they do this

Tuesday, January 8, 2019 1:32 pmTuesday, January 8, 20198 Comments

While enterprises are certainly (and appropriately) adopting Apple’s solutions across their internal infrastructure, they must still communicate with customers…

Why Apple should release Messages for Android

Monday, April 30, 2018 5:33 pm40 Comments

In light of last week’s news that Google is backing a next-gen version of text messaging with iMessage-like features…

Google’s ‘Chat’ is not end-to-end encrypted like Apple’s iMessage

Monday, April 23, 2018 2:04 pm21 Comments

Google has been quietly corralling every major cellphone carrier on the planet into adopting technology to replace SMS…

Why would Amazon want to get into messaging?

Monday, July 17, 2017 5:35 pmMonday, July 17, 201722 Comments

There’s a tendency to give Amazon.com the benefit of the doubt whenever it looks to enter any new market…

Amazon looks to go after messaging with ‘Anytime’ stand-alone app and service

Monday, July 17, 2017 9:34 am12 Comments

Amazon’s materials claim: “Works everywhere. Chat seamlessly across desktop and mobile, iPhone or Android.”

Apple’s Messages’ blue bubble keeps me firmly on iPhone

Friday, April 21, 2017 9:58 am8 Comments

Samsung’s Galaxy S8, like all Android phones, lacks a tiny blue-bubbled wonder: iMessage…

Messages and five other apps Apple really needs to make for Android

Wednesday, March 15, 2017 9:18 amWednesday, March 15, 201722 Comments

Android and iOS may be destined to do battle forever, but when it comes to apps…

How stickers and apps work within iOS 10’s Messages

Friday, July 1, 2016 12:55 pmFriday, July 1, 20161 Comment

Developers can create apps that let you share content, edit photos, play games, send payments, and collaborate…

Beyond the flair: iOS 10 turns iMessage into a platform

Wednesday, June 22, 2016 3:55 pmWednesday, June 22, 20167 Comments

Apple’s big changes to Messages in iOS 10 seem mostly cosmetic: Giant emoji, full-screen fireworks, handwritten scrawls…

Why I remain unconvinced when Apple denies plans to introduce iMessage to Android

Friday, June 17, 2016 3:30 pmFriday, June 17, 201620 Comments

Apple’s improved iMessages system is a tent pole feature within iOS with implications across Apple Watch and the Mac…

Apple just supercharged the most important social network in your life

Thursday, June 16, 2016 10:56 amThursday, June 16, 20167 Comments

Family and friends on Android devices or Windows PCs will be missing out on the fun…

Why Apple’s holding back Messages for Android: Hardware sales

Wednesday, June 15, 2016 10:48 amWednesday, June 15, 201626 Comments

At WWDC on Monday, Apple again declined to extend its much-loved and much-used iMessage messaging system to Android…

Apple’s new iMessage is great, but why the hell isn’t it on Android, yet?

Tuesday, June 14, 2016 10:01 am17 Comments

Apple’s big messaging moves were among the biggest and most unexpected announcements…

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