Re:Why Apple’s iMessage is winning: teens dread the green te...
by commoner on Saturday January 08, 2022 @08:08PM
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> the android user will not see a heart on the message, and instead will get a separate text that says "Jimmy loved a message" and they can't tell which message you're talking about
The substitute message for the reaction (known as a "Tapback" in iMessage) does let the recipient tell which message is being reacted to, though it's not very user-friendly. The format is something like:
The Google Messages app,[1] which is preloaded on many Android phones, now automatically interprets substitute messages for iMessage Tapbacks and displays them as reactions, the same way iMessage users would see them.[2] Hopefully, this feature makes its way to open source texting apps soon.
Re:Why Apple’s iMessage is winning: teens dread the green te...
by shrimpx on Saturday January 08, 2022 @09:02PM
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Thanks, I could have sworn that before I switched back to iOS, I was getting a bunch of "<X> loved a message" from iOS users. Maybe it improved in newer iterations.
The substitute message for the reaction (known as a "Tapback" in iMessage) does let the recipient tell which message is being reacted to, though it's not very user-friendly. The format is something like:
Examples: https://www.pcworld.com/article/395045/hey-iphone-users-stop...The Google Messages app,[1] which is preloaded on many Android phones, now automatically interprets substitute messages for iMessage Tapbacks and displays them as reactions, the same way iMessage users would see them.[2] Hopefully, this feature makes its way to open source texting apps soon.
[1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.and...
[2] https://9to5google.com/2021/11/19/google-messages-imessage-r...