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.

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.

  • Echo DotEnglish
    4•9 months 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.

    • @nikscha@feddit.deEnglish
      4•9 months 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.

      • Echo DotEnglish
        1•9 months 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

        • @nikscha@feddit.deEnglish
          1•9 months 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.

    • @lud@lemm.eeEnglish
      3•9 months ago

      That’s pretty stupid. I doubt many Android users would switch to Iphone you for a smartwatch, but a few would absolutely buy apple watches if they could.

      I guess the point is that they don’t want iphone users to switch to android since that would make their watch practically useless.