Pressure grows on Apple to open up iMessage::Samsung has joined Google’s campaign to force Apple to make iMessage RCS-compatible—but European regulators are more likely to get that job done.

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    1 year ago

    I would love if they would just roll out an iMessage app to android. Ideally free.

    I could realistically see them roll out an apple subscription pack to android eventually. Give users a way to access Apple Music, Fitness, etc. May even allow android users make use of Apple Watch.

    I’m not an Apple fan boy, but this seems like a decent compromise from a business perspective. This meets a need and I don’t think there’s a decent enough argument that it would cannibalize iPhone sales (flagship models anyway)

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        1 year ago

        You can’t use an Apple watch on Android because it requires the Apple watch app to sync with the phone and that won’t work on Android.

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          1 year ago

          Yes because iPhones have ✨magic chips✨ inside which only Apple has… I’m pretty sure the apple watch communicates with Bluetooth. Apple just deliberately shuts Android out.

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            1 year ago

            Apple originally looked into it but decided not to because they wanted to maintain their ecosystem. Same story as usual.

            I have no idea why the above guy seems to think that Apple watches work on androids

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              1 year ago

              It doesn’t work on Android, I know that. But I’ll bet you 1000€ that Apple could enabled cross-platform compatibility with an OTA update.