I would like a new standard to superseed SMS. As far as I know, Google has too much of their fingers into RCS. Unless RCS can be completely untangled from Google, RCS should not be the way to go. But other standards are not likely to emerge.
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Android Users Can Soon Add Emoji Reactions to iPhone Texts With Annoying Catch
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Just mute a convo with an android user if this becomes annoying.
You know, I didn’t know that about non complaint colors but it makes complete sense.
It’s hard enough for my baseline “normal” vision to make out the text in green bubbles.
I’d sign anything to demand Apple change the green bubbles color to something less bright.
And what’s worse is that the darken colors option makes the green look a sickly, barf poop color.
All Android users applaud you for this. Some IMessage users may hope you would do the same with them.
The article calls the follow-up messages "annoying" THREE TIMES in the article. I know this isn't the New York Times, but don't report it as fact that these messages are somehow annoying. People seem so proud to be annoyed these days; they wear it as a badge of honor because they are so *over* everything. Usually that whininess is reserved for the comment section, not the article itself.
Just so people are aware, when Apple users left reactions on Android messages, this is EXACTLY the same experience that Android users would have. An annoying message left after the fact saying something like "Emily liked your message".
So now iPhone users can experience that joy too.
Or Apple could add RCS support to iMessage. 🙄
So now iPhone users can experience that joy too.
Or Apple could add RCS support to iMessage. 🙄
Forgive my ignorance, but why is it not possible for Apple to code the Messages app so that when an iOS user receives the text reaction, iOS automatically converts that message to the animated reaction?
Android user: *reacts with heart*
iOS (automatically):
1. recognizes default text of heart reaction
2. converts text reaction to animated iOS reaction
3. deletes default text of heart reaction
I’m sure this could be done in milliseconds and/or behind the scenes before the iOS user even sees the reaction.
I hope that made sense. I’d love to see why or why not this could be done though.
Android user: *reacts with heart*
iOS (automatically):
1. recognizes default text of heart reaction
2. converts text reaction to animated iOS reaction
3. deletes default text of heart reaction
I’m sure this could be done in milliseconds and/or behind the scenes before the iOS user even sees the reaction.
I hope that made sense. I’d love to see why or why not this could be done though.
It’s not Apples responsibility to fix iKnockoffs.
I don’t want Android users to be happy. They should have bought a real iPhone.
Google isn’t entitled to Apple’s engineers. They already stole the iPhone/iPad/Mac platform and now they want Apple to work FOR THEM?!
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You know, according to Virgil's Inferno the Ninth Circle of Hell is a frozen lake.🤓
I have used this trivia many times when people tell, "When Hell freezed over..."🧐
Much snobbery in the iPhone and some android crowd.😩 IF I didn't associate with iPhone users, I'd be sleeping on the sofa most days, since my wife loves her iPhone. Your mobile phone of choice is a piss poor hill to die on.
I use Android is because I can get a firewall, my wife uses the iPhone for ease of use. IF Apple gives us a real firewall on iOS, then I might switch. What's the likely hood of Apple giving us a firewall? When Hell freezes over.😏
Apple should ignore it, and say that Google’s emoji system is broken. Or maybe make sure it is surrounded by a green bubble.
'Cause Apple is a business, not a chairity. Why should they care one bit about what exprience Google users have in regard to iMessage tapback being sent to them.
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It is broken. They also stole Apples emojis.
Androids original emojis looked like this:
; )
: )
8)
Apple owes Google NOTHING.
It is apple’s responsibility to give iPhone users the greatest experience on their app, which we don’t have at this moment because they are unwilling to make any effort. I don’t care about the android experience per say, but if I am unable to manage a group conversation or am receiving annoying notifications from most of my contacts ON MY IPHONE, as someone that is deeply embedded in Apple ecosystem, yes I can accuse Apple of being lazy and greedy.
Apple is certainly not working for google, but it must make its services work. If companies agreed in the past on email protocols, wireless network protocols, smart home protocols etc., why can’t they agree on a messaging protocol?
Apple should definitely care about the experience of iPhone users, which is bad the moment you add one green bubble person in a chat. This could be better for iPhone users
Well this is what we get when idiots scream “monopoly!!” And “choice!!!”
Google isn’t entitled to agreements from Apple.
Google today announced that Android users will be able to add emoji reactions to SMS texts received from iPhone users in Google's Messages app. This feature and other improvements to the app will begin rolling out in the coming weeks.
Given that the Messages app on iOS lacks support for the Rich Communication Services (RCS) protocol, emoji reactions from Android users will appear as annoying follow-up SMS text messages on the iPhone, according to CNET. For example, the message will say something along the lines of "Joe reacted with Heart to 'let's go to the movies tonight.'"
Google's head of its Messages app Jan Jedrzejowicz told CNET that it will be up to Apple to decide whether or not to parse those texts into the appropriate Tapback reaction on the iPhone, similar to how Tapbacks now appear properly on Android.
The feature seems to be at least partly an attempt at Google encouraging Apple to support RCS on the iPhone, as this would eliminate the annoying follow-up SMS messages. Google launched a campaign earlier this year pushing for Apple to adopt RCS, but Apple CEO Tim Cook suggested the feature has not been highly requested by iPhone users.
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Good article by CNET!
If Apple can one-sidedly fix it that would be great. But they don’t owe Google anything.
Stop saying that Apple is owing google in some way, I am talking about the iPhone user experience, which is as annoying than the android one. Apple owes iPhone users a great iPhone experience on its native messaging platform, which you only have if 100% of your friends, coworkers, and relatives own an iPhone. The experience I get on my iPhone should not be impacted by the choice other people made
Why is RCS important? Because advertising and marketing! Anything google does is in service to advertising. RCS allows them to extend adwords and DFA to mobile, so they can spam you directly by sending rich ads right to your mobile.
"RCS messaging could provide a powerful tool for businesses looking to engage with their audience like never before. It has the potential to extend the bounds of creativity in your marketing campaigns and could possibly help to make your efforts to connect with your clients more streamlined and meaningful."
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"RCS messaging could provide a powerful tool for businesses looking to engage with their audience like never before. It has the potential to extend the bounds of creativity in your marketing campaigns and could possibly help to make your efforts to connect with your clients more streamlined and meaningful."
What Is RCS Messaging and How Does It Work? | SlickText
Updated March 4th, 2025 RCS (Rich Communication Services) messaging is a messaging protocol that's designed to replace SMS. It allows messaging RCS messaging enhances daily messaging activities with features such as read receipts, group messaging features, and multimedia capabilities.
Not so annoying, at least that's how it works in chat apps like Slack or Teams - an emoji reaction to a msg triggers an alert to let you know there was a reaction, rather than a silent addition to a message that may or may not ever notice.
I know it's going to sound crazy, but Apple doesn't have the monopoly on good user experience.
I know it's going to sound crazy, but Apple doesn't have the monopoly on good user experience.
Apple is a business, making Android user experience better on iPhone is counter intuitive. Protecting ecosystem supersedes green bubbles.
And Apple bizarrely claims it is a new "feature" of iOS 16 that they did!
Will Apple add the functionality into iMessage to automatically “convert” these Tapback texts into reactions? Probably not.
Just like how Apple fails to display a webpage preview when you text a link to someone using SMS. If you’re receiving that link on an Android phone, a webpage preview shows up in the same manner that it does via iMessage.
I remember my friend seeing my texts on an Android phone one time and he went, “Oh, you can see the webpage previews like that?” I was like, “Um, yeah?”
It wasn’t until I got an iPhone recently that I realized Apple artificially dumbs down this functionality in SMS threads. Typical Apple shenanigans.
Just like how Apple fails to display a webpage preview when you text a link to someone using SMS. If you’re receiving that link on an Android phone, a webpage preview shows up in the same manner that it does via iMessage.
I remember my friend seeing my texts on an Android phone one time and he went, “Oh, you can see the webpage previews like that?” I was like, “Um, yeah?”
It wasn’t until I got an iPhone recently that I realized Apple artificially dumbs down this functionality in SMS threads. Typical Apple shenanigans.
"implements proper support" for what?
Question for those that know -- is Google's Messages/Chat app (or whatever it's called) an open-source project, or is it closed-source to Google engineers only? The answer to this question will help to explain a lot about Google's approach to this topic of "open messaging".