Google's Messages App Can Now Handle iMessage Reactions (techcrunch.com) 18
Google is updating the default "Messages" app to include a number of new features, such as the ability to handle iMessage "Tapbacks." TechCrunch reports: Other coming updates include nudges to remind you to reply to messages you missed, separate tabs for business and personal messages, reminders about birthdays you may want to celebrate, support for sharper videos via a Google Photos integration and an expanded set of emoji mashups, among other things. After the update, reactions from iPhone users will be sent as an emoji on text messages on Android. As on iMessage, the emoji reaction -- like love, laughter, confusion or excitement -- will appear on the right side of the message. (On Android, it's the bottom right.) This feature is first rolling out to Android devices set to English, but additional languages will follow. [...] Android's interpretation of which emoji to use varies slightly from iPhone, however. For instance, the "heart" reaction on Android becomes the "face with the heart eyes" emoji. And the iMessage's exclamation mark reaction becomes the "face with the open mouth" emoji.
Google is also integrating Google Photos into the Message app to improve the video sharing experience. While the modern RCS standard allows people with Android devices to share high-quality videos with each other, those same videos appear blurry when shared with those on iPhone, as iMessage doesn't support RCS. By sending the link to the video through Google Photos, iPhone users will be able to watch the video in the same high resolution. This feature will later include support for photos, too. This addition aims to push Apple to adopt the industry standard by shaming the company over video quality.
Google is also integrating Google Photos into the Message app to improve the video sharing experience. While the modern RCS standard allows people with Android devices to share high-quality videos with each other, those same videos appear blurry when shared with those on iPhone, as iMessage doesn't support RCS. By sending the link to the video through Google Photos, iPhone users will be able to watch the video in the same high resolution. This feature will later include support for photos, too. This addition aims to push Apple to adopt the industry standard by shaming the company over video quality.
yeah they say that.. (Score:4, Interesting)
They have been saying that for ages.
Doesn't work.
Signed up for the beta. Still doesn't work.
Go away with this bullshit until it actually fucking works in the real fucking world.
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But then, in the real world no one uses SMS except for receiving one-time authentication codes.
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They have been saying that for ages.
Doesn't work.
Signed up for the beta. Still doesn't work.
Go away with this bullshit until it actually fucking works in the real fucking world.
In the real world, no-one cares.
Even Iphone users have stopped using Iphone specific features as:
1. Most people now use Android.
2. Most people, including most people on Iphones now use 3rd party apps like Whatsapp... largely due to incompatibilities like Iphone specific reactions (especially now that SMS is essentially free in most countries).
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I don't know anyone who uses WhatsApp. Lots of Facebook's Messenger though which is disgusting.
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At least in the US, most people I know have iPhones who use these reactions profusely - especially younger people
I'm a tiny bit irritated I can't use these reactions as I have google voice (on an iPhone) though it's much more important to me to be able to message on my windows pc seamlessly than to have iMessage/reaction functionality
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So what's their excuse for that? I mean, why doesn't that WhatsApp person just use Facebook Messenger? I can understand it if they were two different services by two different companies, but both are owned by Facebook/Meta. so...?
iDontcare (Score:2)
Cool I guess (Score:2)
As someone in the vast majority of the world that has settled on a 3rd party cross-platform messaging app, I can only assume this excites Americans with their weird hangups about chat bubble colours?
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Bubble colours simply demonstrate the reality that apple's products aren't consumer electronics but fashion statements with consumer electronic bolted on.
And people who care about fashion first are still ones you want to be able to communicate with in places where they are plentiful, like US. So having proper native cross platform communication is good for such nations.
Most of the world obviously doesn't care. Almost all of them are already on Whatsapp, Telegram or Viber and don't get much use of either of
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Oh Look (Score:2)
Hooray! (Score:2)
Can't say disappointed with Slashdot (Score:2)
Still hoping for the Funny, but can't say I'm disappointed because I have no more expectations to disappoint. And it was a nichey story anyway. No obvious humor to be found in this low-interest topic.