The blue vs green bubble debate has been raging for years, with Team Apple lording its blue bubble status over its green Android brethren. However, that could all be about to change with new apps that allow Android users to send and receive messages via iMessage. The two leading names in iMessage on Android are … [Read more…]
OPINION: Apple this week shocked the tech world by finally conceding in a long-running battle between it and Android giant Google to bring RCS support to iPhones. It’s something Apple has refused to do for the past few years, but it’ll finally be coming to iPhones sometime in 2024. That’s great news for Android and … [Read more…]
Apple will adopt the RCS messaging standard in late 2024, the company has surprisingly revealed. In news that’ll delight competitors like Google, which has long campaigned for Apple to adapt RCS to level the messaging playing field, Apple says the move will unlock better interoperability between iPhone and Android users. In a statement, the Apple … [Read more…]
The makers of the Nothing Phone have announced a new Nothing Chats app, which it claims brings iMessage to Android… sort of. Weighting in on the blue bubble vs green bubble war, Nothing says it has developed a first of its kind solution. Nothing Chats effectively enables Nothing Phone (2) owners to exchange iMessage messages … [Read more…]
iMessage apps were supposed to be the next big thing for Apple’s iMessage platform, allowing users to play games, share songs and more with other iMessage users from within the Messages app. However, uptake hasn’t been as widespread as Apple would’ve liked. When was the last time you used an iMessage app? Were you even … [Read more…]
The team behind the Beeper Mini app says it won’t continue to search for ways to workaround Apple’s continuing objections to the app, which brought a version of iMessage to Android users. Apple has continually worked to work to shut down the application since it launched earlier this month as a simple download from the … [Read more…]
If you’re one of those rare sorts who uses a Mac but pairs it with an Android phone rather than an iPhone, the makers of Beeper Mini app have some great news – you might actually be able to get its iMessage clone to work soon. Yes! The app which successfully reverse engineered iMessage to … [Read more…]
Beeper Mini, the iMessage-mimicking chat app which Apple seemingly had taken down within hours citing security concerns for iPhone users, is back on the Google Play Store. Days after Apple’s intervention, the makers of the app announced it was once again available, but didn’t go into much detail on what had changed. However, users currently … [Read more…]
With Apple adopting RCS messaging to replace SMS/MMS exchanges between iPhone and Android owners, the texting format wars will essentially come to an end next year. However, while Android owners will get read reports, live typing indicators and high resolution media exchanges, those dreaded green bubbles will still signify the platform disparity between iPhone and … [Read more…]