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Beeper reverse-engineered iMessage to bring blue bubble texts to Android users (techcrunch.com)

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Beeper reverse-engineered iMessage to bring blue bubble texts to Android users::The push to bring iMessage to Android users today adds a new contender. A startup called Beeper, which had been working on a multi-platform messaging

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[-] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

The implication of this is that it won't be in the iMessage app, it will be in a separate but official app, siloing your Android friends from your iPhone friends.

Lol wut

SMS and iMessage both work via the same Messages app. All they’ll do is add RCS functionality to the Messages app, and iPhone users will continue using the same app they’ve always used.

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