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There’s a new iMessage for Android app — and it actually works

https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/5/23987817/beeper-mini-imessage-android-reverse-engineer

The question is how long Apple will let it.

There’s a new iMessage for Android app — and it actually works

• A new Android app called Beeper Mini allows users to send iMessages as blue bubbles from non-Apple devices.

• Beeper Mini bypasses traditional iMessage hacks by directly sending iMessages from Android devices.

• The app has been praised for its smooth functionality, sending messages seamlessly between Android and iPhone users.

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Water1053

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Yes. That's exactly it

ripcord

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I have the same problem sending to a slew of Android friends from my Android phone. It depends on the phone they have, messaging app, and carrier.

I mean, I guess the above is partially correct but it's also not the whole picture. But Apple = bad so it doesn't matter, right guys?

Water1053

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It depends on if they're using RCS or not.

ripcord

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Right but the discussions here are all about Apple having crappy MMS support or whatever.

Water1053

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The discussion shouldn't be about what phone has subpar MMS support, it should be about why we're still using MMS/SMS in the first place. Google has developed RCS and Apple has developed iMessage. The difference is that Apple has already decided not to release an iMessage client on Android, while Google has made public and private attempts to get Apple to adopt RCS instead of using MMS as a fallback.

Just as a side note, I don't think either corporation are the "good guys", but my desire to get E2EE and full resolution photos and videos cross platform make my goals temporarily align with Google in this particular case.

There’s a new iMessage for Android app —&nbsp;and it actually works

There’s a new iMessage for Android app —&nbsp;and it actually works

There’s a new iMessage for Android app — and it actually works

There’s a new iMessage for Android app — and it actually works