Siri did the only intelligent thing I've seen it do the other day and when I said "Send a message to (Contact)" it asked me "You usually use Whatsapp to contact this person, shall I use Whatsapp for (Contact) from now on?" I answered "Yes" and now it just defaults to Whatsapp for that guy.
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WhatsApp Can Now Be Your Default Call and Messaging App on iPhone
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Siri did the only intelligent thing I've seen it do the other day and when I said "Send a message to (Contact)" it asked me "You usually use Whatsapp to contact this person, shall I use Whatsapp for (Contact) from now on?" I answered "Yes" and now it just defaults to Whatsapp for that guy.
iMessage could do with implementing a lot of WhatsApp features. Especially its search ability which is far more able.
Now let me set Google Maps as my default mapping/navigation app.
Not really, in China, everyone uses WeChat.
I don't understand why anybody would use that garbage app.
"But everybody else is doing it" is not an excuse. If everybody else was jumping off a bridge, would you do it too?
F*c*book is NOT getting my contact list.
"But everybody else is doing it" is not an excuse. If everybody else was jumping off a bridge, would you do it too?
F*c*book is NOT getting my contact list.
How about:
- Because everyone in your list and in your country use it
- Because 95% of people all over the world use it
- Because sometimes it's required to access all kinds of services
- Because it is a good way to communicate with your non iOS friends
Archive Feature for iMessage would be needed…!
Me neither. Still, one man's garbage...
I would, if--*IF*--I was the last to jump.😁 In 2005, 1500 sheep jumped off a cliff and over 1000 of them survived.
Yarp. I don't use Facebook🤮 or any social media for that matter.
"Giving Meta access to all of your voice and text conversations can't have any concerns at all" said nobody, ever.
Everyone in Europe. Even for video calling. I've never Facetimed in my entire life. Even if someone else has an iPhone they refuse to use Messages or FaceTime. Everything is through WhatsApp.
Then they'd get nothing but SMS and phone calls from me. Those work on every phone.
I guarantee 95% of people in the world DO NOT use it.
I can't think of a single service I've ever needed that even asked for that garbage app.
And it's not a good way to communicate with anybody.
I’m in the UK and 90% of the time I use iMessage. I only use WhatsApp for Android people, because that’s all they use. They don’t even look at their own devices’ messaging app, which isn’t like that with iMessage. I’m not sure why WhatsApp is so popular. SMS doesn’t cost anything anymore.
Because they can
Seriously, because people are behind a keyboard at a computer/behind a phone screen/etc, they think that that entitles them to say what they otherwise wouldn't say in person
Because everybody is on it. iPhone/Android whatever you can can create groups and don't have to worry about green bubbles or images looking like they were shot on a potato.
Yes, and it still sends via sms/imessage. Which is why I don't bother
Since your phone knows it's a non-WhatsApp caller, it'll still go through the built-in Phone app
The app for the default for calls and messages ONLY applies to when you either long tap on a phone number somewhere or ask Siri to do so
Oh, also, when you go to select them from the contacts app, instead of just calling via the Phone app or messaging via the Messages app, it will do WhatsApp or your other messaging app of choice if you've specified others aside from the defaults
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Amazing, sadly half my conversations with my GF are on whatsappp, and half through text/imessage because siri doesn't like to send whatsapps seemingly.
Yeah same. I thought I was stating the obvious but even a statement like that draws laughing and disagree reactions. It’s like it offends people lol.
Personally I hate WhatsApp. And there’s a special place in hell for Zuckerberg. But there’s little point in using a different messaging service from everyone you know.
People show this kind of behavior because of a few psychological reasons like virtue signaling, seeking validation, tribalism, reactance, and negativity bias.
Often, what people say is more about boosting their self-image, feeling part of a group, or reflecting their own biases, rather than just being a straightforward response to the actual feature.
