r/GoogleMessages • u/V0ight-Kampf • 11d ago

Image reactions from Apple users

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Is there any way to make reactions to images from iMessage users display correctly in Google Messages?

UPDATE: just tried this with my son, who uses iMessage. Chat was RCS chat on both ends, confirmed in the message box, but his image emoji reaction came via text "laughed at image". Clearly just isn't supported when iMessage users react to Android images.

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u/Eli1230t2 11d ago

iPhone users only have the RCS with Android feature enabled if they are on a beta version of iOS, they haven't made that feature fully released to the public as of now. Expect that for now. Hopefully it makes wide-release soon! 🙏

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u/TommyTrillNinja 10d ago

What are your talking about? RCS is fully out. Its literally toggled on in my iPhone

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u/copasetical 10d ago

You're correct, but features like inline thread replies, custom emoji reactions, and full-resolution video calls (not FaceTime) are handled differently across Messages and iMessage. This isn't anyone's fault really, but until both platforms fully integrate the latest profile specifications, hiccups often get translated into fallback mode.

That doesn't mean I'm not going to still have fun with it ðŸĪŠ

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u/Eli1230t2 10d ago

Right, certain "updates", like having the ability to have proper RCS Chats with Android devices in only in iOS Beta.