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EU won’t force Apple to open up iMessage to other messaging platforms

In September 2023, the European Commission opened an investigation to determine if Apple’s iMessage qualifies as a Core Platform Service. Today, the agency has concluded that the messaging platform doesn’t qualify as one. It means that Apple will not have to open iMessage to other messaging platforms, such as Messenger and WhatsApp. This is a huge […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
9 months ago

Google wants Apple forced to open iMessage to others

According to a new report from the Financial Times, Google and a few telecom companies in Europe, including Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica, and Vodafone have written a letter to the European Commission, claiming that Apple’s iMessage qualifies as a ‘core platform service’ under the Digital Markets Act, and to that extent, they have asked the […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
12 months ago

Google Messages can now properly display iMessage reactions

For the foreseeable future, Android users will forever be the “green bubble people” for people with iPhones. A full iMessage port for Android remains a distant dream, but it is now possible to react to individual iMessage texts, as prophesized by an earlier report. 9to5Google has now confirmed that message reactions sent by an Android user […]

By Anil Ganti
3 years ago

Is an iMessage clone really that big of an ask for Samsung?

An Android port of iMessage wasn't meant to be, but why hasn't Samsung copied Apple's staple messaging app yet? Hey, wait a minute...

By Dominik Bosnjak
4 years ago

This is why your Galaxy phone doesn’t have iMessage

An Android version of iMessage is never going to happen; this might seem obvious now but it wasn't a given ten years ago. And thanks to the ongoing legal drama between Epic Games and the iPhone maker, we got to hear some pretty interesting insight on the matter from people directly involved into the decision […]

By Dominik Bosnjak
4 years ago

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