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Nothing Chats Brings iMessage to the Nothing Phone 2 (Updated)

Kellen November 14, 2023 27

UPDATE 11/20: This app did launch and was apparently such a massive security disaster that Nothing pulled it within hours and Sunbird had to pause use of their own app. A big giant yikes. About a year ago, you may recall a conversation we had about a new...

Google’s Shaming of Apple for Not Adopting RCS Continues With “iPager”

Kellen September 21, 2023 33

It has apparently been over a year since Google launched a website dedicated to begging Apple to adopt their preferred messaging standard, RCS. Over that period of time, Apple has mostly ignored Google's cries and has taken, well, zero steps towards bringing...

Apple Didn’t Announce RCS for iMessage at WWDC

Kellen June 5, 2023 67

Google really wants Apple "to fix texting." Their campaign to try and convince Apple to include RCS within iMessage has not slowed and is very much an ongoing focus of their messaging pitch. In fact, at Google I/O a couple of weeks ago, Google once again made...

Sunbird Promises iMessage on Android and Blue Bubbles

Kellen December 2, 2022 70

Apple has made it clear that they have no plans to bring iMessage over to Android. They know it keeps their users on the platform and are apparently fine with the green bubble bullying of Android users that is a result of the broken messaging experience iPhone...

Don’t Like the Green Bubble? Buy an iPhone

Tim September 8, 2022 129

Many users (and especially Google) have been calling for Apple to adopt RCS messaging into iMessages. Doing so could end the green bubble controversy, but most importantly, both Android and iOS users would share a plethora of great features. This week, with...

Google Wants Apple to “Get the Message” and Fix iMessage With RCS

Kellen August 9, 2022 70

Google's latest move to try and convince Apple that it should add RCS to iMessage is through a campaign centered around the hashtag #GetTheMessage that went live today. Through YouTube, social channels, and on a dedicated page on the Android site, Google is...

iMessage Reactions Going Live in Google Messages

Kellen January 31, 2022 104

The days of "LAUGHED AT" or "LIKED" in your Google Messages app when a friend with an iPhone reacts to your text message are almost over. Actually, they very well may already be over if you are running the latest build of Google Messages Beta. Within the past...

Google Goes After Apple Over iMessage, Green Bubbles, and “Bullying”

Kellen January 10, 2022 96

During Apple's very public battle with Epic over the App Store and Fortnite, we learned a lot about the history of iMessage and how Apple's executives were at one point split over whether or not to bring it to Android. The side that wanted to keep the...