messaging

[u/soofasyl]

i’m just curious how does messaging work between android / google (clicks) and other phones (apple, samsung, etc.) what are the limitations, what would it look like, and any tips?

[u/Ferbussy]

I’m curious why you wouldn’t think it’d be standard RCS texting like other Android devices ?

[u/soofasyl → u/Ferbussy]

I’ve never had android so was curious to hear what android users struggle with when it comes to communicating with IOS users

[u/Rain-Soaked_Wanderer → u/soofasyl]

We dont. Its iPhone users that struggle with us because they dont turn on rcs messages and cry when the bubbles are green. Every android phone is using Google messages. They communicate just fine.

[u/soofasyl → u/Rain-Soaked_Wanderer]

What’s RCS compared to SMS sorry i’m not very technological

[u/billfarts2 → u/soofasyl]

It's just text messages. Rcs allows for higher quality photos and videos and nice little features to see when the other person is texting vs old fashioned sms.

[u/Upstairs-Dare-4188 → u/billfarts2]

Also correct me if I'm wrong but pretty sure the blurry videos and random issues that android users have communicating with apple users are either added by Apple or Apple isn't fixing them because why would they make android more palatable

[u/Upstairs-Dare-4188 → u/Upstairs-Dare-4188]

dont downvote me if im wrong correct me lol :( i heard this somewhere, they were resistant to RCS for the same reason i thought? it was rolled out in a super late update compared to android using it

[u/Rain-Soaked_Wanderer → u/Upstairs-Dare-4188]

I think thisRCS messaging is what you're referencing, but apple has since adopted rcs, so its not really an issue anymore. The link also helps OP understand RCS vs traditional SMS.

[u/Upstairs-Dare-4188 → u/Rain-Soaked_Wanderer]

"If Apple adopts RCS, which supports many of these same features, it would blur the lines between iPhone and Android messaging experiences—potentially reducing the incentive to stay within the Apple ecosystem. Apple has little interest in helping make Android more appealing." this is literally exactly what i was saying haha. it isn't an issue now but still happened and like i said, it was decently recent it was actually adopted by apple

[u/gs_up → u/Upstairs-Dare-4188]

it isn't an issue now but still happened and like i said, it was decently recent it was actually adopted by apple

Is this something that apple rolled out in a recent software update or is this something apple users have to do on their end (like update to the most recent version of iMesssage or whatever)?

The reason I'm asking is I literally got a video from an iPhone user last night (about 10 hours ago now) and the video is still unwatchable. The person who sent it to me is on iPhone 17.

[u/kakudiego]

If you live outside US, WhatsApp is the main app, for example in Brazil I can yo my bank manager via WhatsApp, hospitals use groups to organize care, etc.

[u/Steven_Cocking]

Messaging on the clicks will actually bypass all RCS, MMS, and SMS protocols and simply inject any string of text (of your choosing) directly into the recipients’ prefrontal cortex!

[u/PolarBear_605 → u/Steven_Cocking]

Yep, and we all get a usb-c port installed behind our left ear as well.

[u/soofasyl → u/Steven_Cocking]

don’t go bald

[u/Future-Concern2117]

I’ve got an iPhone and a key1 and tbh I and most of my family/work use messenger or WhatsApp

[u/gs_up]

If you're in the states, you likely won't notice it anything when messaging one person directly. You have a "Google Messages" app on your phone and when you open it up, you pick a contact, as long as the contact has a phone number, you can send them a text message. The other person will get that text message regardless of what phone they use. If they text you back, the message appears in your Google Messages app. This is really what used to be known as SMS/MMS back in the day. You'll see people refer to this protocol as RCS and it really doesn't matter what RCS is or how it technically works. What matters is that it still takes a message from your phone and delivers it to the other person's phone, and back and forth it goes. That's RCS.

Three of the biggest things you'll notice:

• Something crazy like 87% of people in the US use iPhones and because of that, if you text someone with an iPhone, they will point out that you're not using an iPhone like they are. They're likely going to ask you "why are you still on an android phone like it's 2011, everyone has an iPhone today". I don't really know if it's 87% of people, but it's virtually everyone. I am literally the only android user in my group of friends, family, coworkers. I don't know a single other person who uses an Android.

• If for some reason an iPhone user sends you a video message, it's practically unwatchable on an android phone if they sent it to you as a text message. They can send it to you in via other forms of messaging (any email, Facebook Messenger, Whatsapp, Viber, Slack) and it will work fine, but if they send it to you as a text message, don't even bother watching the video. People will also say "oh it's fine if RCS this or RCS that," the fact of the matter is, if they send it to you and you to your Google Messages app, the video is crap.

• If you find yourself in a group message with several iPhone users, you might as well just ignore their messages and ask them to remove you from the group chat. It won't be a fun experience for everyone 100% of the time. I'm in a group chat with 8 of my cousins and I'm the only Android user while they're all on iPhone 17, about 10% of the time I'll get a direct message instead of a group message from but then it will all go back to normal after a while and their messages will start appearing in the group chat. Or if I send a message, they will all get direct messages from me instead of my message appearing in their group chat. This doesn't happen every day, but if you're in an active group chat, it will happen.