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1. IMESSAGE ON MAC NOT WORKING WITH NON IPHONE USERS ANDROID
2. IMESSAGE ON MAC NOT WORKING WITH NON IPHONE USERS TRIAL

As Ars Technica editor Ron Amadeo noted on Twitter, the search giant is notoriously dysfunctional when it comes to messaging, and has launched 13 separate messaging apps since iMessage came out in 2011 (most of which have failed). Google is also not well-placed to criticize other companies messaging strategies. I can iMessage other iPhone users on my phone, and even send/receive with non-iPhone users, he seems to be the only one. Even if the iMessage fails and it tries to send via regular text message, the text does still not go through.

Google has also recently been pushing for the iPhone-maker to support next-generation texting standard RCS, which is intended to replace SMS and has already gathered support from major US carriers. Anyway, about 2 weeks my iMessage stopped working. Google’s intervention here is not purely altruistic, of course: the company would benefit hugely from Apple making iMessage available on Android.

IMESSAGE ON MAC NOT WORKING WITH NON IPHONE USERS ANDROID

As another executive, Craig Federighi, put it: “iMessage on Android would simply serve to remove obstacle to iPhone families giving their kids Android phones.” Apple did consider making iMessage available on Android to attract more users, but concluded that doing so would “hurt us more than help us” (in the words of Apple exec Phil Schiller).

IMESSAGE ON MAC NOT WORKING WITH NON IPHONE USERS TRIAL

The standards exist today to fix this.”Īpple says making iMessage available on Android would “hurt us more than help us”Īlthough Apple’s iMessage strategy has long been apparent, internal emails sent by company executives that were surfaced during the recent Epic Games trial confirmed the conscious importance of this strategy. Using peer pressure and bullying as a way to sell products is disingenuous for a company that has humanity and equity as a core part of its marketing. Lockheimer was more strident: “Apple’s iMessage lock-in is a documented strategy. Let’s fix this as one industry,” tweeted the official Android account. Texting should bring us together, and the solution exists. Question: Q: Unable to send iMessage to non-Iphone users More Less. Posted on 8:18 AM View answer in context. When an iPhone user texts with a non-iPhone user (or an iPhone user using something other than iMessage meaning mainly Android users, obviously), those outgoing texts are in a harsh green. The Apple Message Service requires both parties to be using the service (. “iMessage should not benefit from bullying. Start from here: Messages for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac - Apple Support. Messages can route a message two ways: through the Apple message service, or SMS. Showing up in a group chat as a green bubble has become, for some, a social faux pas.Ī recent report in The Wall Street Journal highlighted this dynamic and prompted a response from both the Android team and Google’s head of Android, Hiroshi Lockheimer.

This has turned iMessage into a status symbol among US teens, creating peer pressure for young people to buy iPhones and sometimes leading to the ostracization of Android users.

Google has accused Apple of benefiting from bullying as part of a deliberate strategy to make Android users into second-class citizens on the iPhone-maker’s iMessage service.Īpple’s messaging service includes a number of iOS-exclusive features, like Memoji, and famously turns texts from Android users green instead of the iOS-native blue.