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It's clear why Apple is opposing interoperability. But people should be able to send high quality videos and photos to their mom without having to buy her a new phone. #GetTheMessage
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"I don't hear our users asking that we put a lot of energy" into RCS, says Tim Cook in response to a question at Code. "I would love to convert you to an iPhone." "I can't send my mom certain videos," says the questioner. "Buy your mom an iPhone," says Tim.
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Wild to think about user experiences for phones that can connect to satellites. When we launched G1 in '08 it was a stretch to get 3G + Wifi working. Now we're designing for satellites. Cool! Excited to support our partners in enabling all of this in the next version of Android!
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Precisely! People have talked about "green bubbles" as an Android problem. There are hundreds of millions of people around the world already using RCS - encryption, uncompressed images and all. If you're an iPhone user, hopefully you'll be able to get these capabilities soon too.
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.@Apple still has yet to adopt RCS as a messaging standard and is still defaulting to SMS/MMS. This is less secure, and causes images/videos to be compressed cross-platform. Looks like Android is raising awareness to this issue: android.com/get-the-messag #GetTheMessage
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This is cool! Really inspiring to read the stories. Thank you for building with us. 🙏 Global version here: play.google.com/console/about/
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Ahead of the 4th of July, we’re sharing #WeArePlay stories from all over the United States. 🚘 Join us on a virtual road trip to every state, meeting some amazing people building apps and games businesses on Google Play. Discover their stories → g.co/play/weareplay
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Cheering you on, #letters4transkids
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I’ll start: Hey there, I know it can be hard some times — really hard. It’s tough enough to figure out who you are inside. And then you have figure out what to do with that knowledge and how to make your way in a world that isn’t always so kind. (3/7) #letters4transkids
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Some say there shouldn't be interest-based ads on the web, but we think that's not realistic. Many businesses (not just Google!) depend on ads to sustain themselves so that we -- the consumers -- can enjoy many of the things on the Internet.
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Windows fans: Beta of Google Play Games on your PC in Hong Kong, South Korea, and Taiwan. (Everyone else, please stay tuned. Don't worry, we haven't forgotten about you.) I'm very excited about this one!
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Google Play Games are available on Windows in a three-country beta engt.co/3GJKnWt
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SMS has evolved, and it’s better. You can see read receipts, typing indicators, better groups, secure 1:1 messages (groups coming soon) etc. That new standard is called RCS, and it’s available now.
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If you want to reach someone and you don’t know whether they use app x y or z, you have high confidence that sending them a text (SMS) will work. That’s because it’s a standard and supported by essentially all mobile devices. That’s probably why Apple supported SMS to begin with.
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We’re not asking Apple to make iMessage available on Android. We’re asking Apple to support the industry standard for modern messaging (RCS) in iMessage, just as they support the older SMS / MMS standards.
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Apple’s iMessage lock-in is a documented strategy. Using peer pressure and bullying as a way to sell products is disingenuous for a company that has humanity and equity as a core part of its marketing. The standards exist today to fix this.
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The Wall Street Journal
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How Apple’s iMessage sealed its dominance with an army of texting teens. on.wsj.com/3F8Kr0D
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For #CES2022, we’re sharing new ways your devices can work better together: connect 🎧 to your TV with Fast Pair, unlock devices with your ⌚ & warm up your 🚙 with your voice. We’re also bringing
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Fast Pair, Nearby Share + more to Windows PCs.
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Google's CES 2022 promise: All of your devices should work better together zd.net/3mVGFRJ by @mrcippy
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OK spoiler alert: 2022 is going to be about Better Together.
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Viva Las #Android! We may be at home for #CES2022, but make sure you follow along this week to see all the latest and greatest Android features being unveiled.
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