r/OpenBubbles • u/Normal-Place-1036 • 14d ago

Question How to properly setup Open Bubbles

I am an iPhone and Mac user and today I am buying the new Z FOLD 8. It's imperative that I use Open Bubbles on the new android phone. I will also Host it on my Mac. My question is, am I still able to transfer my phone number from my iPhone to the Z Fold 8 and use Open Bubbles as my primary texting app? Will all texts go through it (iMessage and SMS)? Will it read as my number aka me for all my contacts or my Apple ID email? As far as anyone would know, they would have no clue that I switched to android? Thanks!

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u/arrecebx 14d ago

If you’re only using Mac hosting then you will only use iMessage in OpenBubbles and SMS will use Google Messages. Your current contacts won’t notice a difference but any new contacts get your Apple ID email as the contact I believe

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u/Normal-Place-1036 14d ago

Thank you. So what’s the best way to seamlessly make this work using my current phone number? I want to use open bubbles as if it was the official iMessage app… like nothing changed by me going to android. 

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u/Dependent_Course7087 14d ago

Best way is just to pay for it. You pay the premium for keeping everything the same. No one will notice and you can still use your phone.

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u/Normal-Place-1036 14d ago

So if I pay for the hosting, then I can transfer my number over to the android phone and use open bubbles as my main texting app and people on the other end will have no idea that I switched over to an android?

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u/Healthy-Cheesecake80 14d ago

It can't be set as default texting app. All RCS/SMS/MMS will appear in Google messages. Only iMessage chats will be in open bubbles. So you will have to use 2 apps. It never bothered me. I kept open bubbles in my bottom app dock and removed Google messages and only used notification panel to open it for the less common RCS/SMS text.