Google RCS vs Apple iMessage - In-Depth Comparison (2024) 

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@@imago_terra iPhone users can see Android reactions now?

@@XP9724 I don't think so I just double checked with an iMessage user. A thumbs up sent from iMessage to Google Message will show the emoji normally whereas a thumbs up sent from Google Message to iMessage will send another generic message with the emoji at the front of it. 'So-and-so responded👍:(message)'

​@@Kingsley_Shatso lame on Apple's part

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someone’s mad… imessage is apple’s own standard unlike rcs and it would cuse security concerns with the bad android phone companies

@@MLTAKOS and someone's extremely uninformed. RCS is encrypted and is a standard across ALL carriers and apps that support it unlike iMessage. And by "Apple's standard" you mean proprietary technology and no one wants proprietary. And what do you mean by "bad Android companies?" Lol! There aren't any Android companies aside from Google. You clearly don't know what you're talking about

@@nerovanguard846 But if RCS only works on Android doesn't that make it proprietary? Apple's works on Apple and Android works on Android?

@@scooterooservice92 incorrect. RCS only works on Android because Apple actively REFUSES to support it. RCS is literally the next standard after SMS which is standard throughout every phone that can receive text SMS. Apple can support RCS through the SMS app, they just don't want to do it for reasons that iMessage's popularity will be negatively affected

Well people outside of USA don't give a fuck about this

The other people have to use rcs so yeah it will never be a thing

Well that's going to change this year anyway

@@Draco-999 it's yet to be seen how it going to be implemented. knowing Apple they will either try some bs that makes messaging between iPhone and non iPhone users still suck. or they have finally gotten scared enough to comply after not only EU but also American DOJ is releasing the hounds after them. so yeah there are some hope still, but it is still equally as likely that they make stuff suck even after RCS gets added.

@@subgivtara Well at least none of my Android phones have had to do anything special to enable it. all i needed was that the receiving end also had RCS enabled, which has been the case automatically on literally all android phones at least for the past 7+ years. if your grandma with their iPhone doesn't know how to enable it, and Apple for some reason does not do it automatically. then it's yet another way how iMessage is behind the rest. i would even go so far as to say that even Skype is god tier when compared to iMessage, purely because i could install Skype client on literally any platform . where as iMessage is purely locked behind Apple's wallet garden.

@@Jurtaani well i used smartphones for past 7 years and RCS was never enabled on them, it only appeared last year

Why? To add random things that will never be used or maybe once when you first open the app just to check? Sure.

@@BojanTomic Why not add them. Maybe you and I will not use them but many people will find them useful.

@@alexhit1 Then every app will be stuffed with lot of scrap and shitty features ..

@@blackhole-tq2hv it's called options and optimizations

@@alexhit1 no..to add features that people use once or twice in year are not options and optimisation...

I use Google Chat which is another version of Hangouts.

@@vision-gc4hygoogle chat is really dry, I would rather continue using WhatsApp

And Allo

Yup Yup. Allo was amazing and was supposed to end up being the standard for Google messaging. It was really fun and cool writing my wife with Allo. It felt like the evolution to hangouts! Google + is missed as well..

@@mackmccord3743 the thing is Allo was Hangouts replacement, and it was looking good. But Google with their infinite boredom, couldn't help but kill it

Its definitely come in handy a few times

I missed that so much when I made the switch from Android. If I really have to use it, I use a shortcut.

Yeah like game pigeon for imessage that my family never uses. or maybe once every 6 months. There are a lot of iMessage features that people don't use or just redundant and take too much time. People like it simple.

@@jefferycampbell9182 exactly 💯

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​@IDTR you not keeping it real you being bias

​@@IDTRhow do I reply to messages it's not letting me can u make a video on how to reply to messages on Google messages

No lol

Agreed. Scheduled messages are seriously amazing

they are very bad for communication though. someone thinks you just sent them a message and text you right back and you aren't actually available. just send the message when you type it. no sense in waiting.

@@Chris_HruskaApple (and any other platform that uses scheduled messages) can simply add a tag below it saying it was a scheduled just like how iMessage says “Edited” right below a message. Would be a great opportunity to add it when they adopt RCS this fall.

@@Chris_HruskaEasy solution, Apple can simply add a caption saying it was a “Scheduled Delivery” just like how a message says “Edited”.

WhatsApp has even less features

@@yosmergonzalez7668 no it does not

I was going to ask him that 😂😂😂

Not to discount your point here, but at *my* age, without custom stickers and message effects, my conversations would feel so much more lifeless. I really appreciate how much expression they can add.

​@@CodexBS What age os that, aprox?

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Yeah he left out a lot of features for Google Messages

They do but how come they can only be sent at 2min not any longer? I wish it could be longer.

​@@languagewithlindsey2mins ain't long enough for you get your message out?

No he shouldn't he was bias with this... he ain't put it all out for google ms... he not trust worthy🤣

@@cantgetright888 LMFAO

There is check-in, but it's a separate app --- it's very convenient to have it integrated into your messaging app Say you're already texting with your partner, right as you're pulling up to a trail for a walk/run/ride, then you don't have to switch apps just to start a check-in timer

​@@LDaviswait your partner has to buy an iPhone just to check in 🤯 That seems as inconvenient as having to switch out of the camera app, go into the settings app just to adjust your picture 🤣

@@Spoonfed78 its okay. enjoy the shutter lag and blurry focus.

@@ZeerakImran i don't use her iPhone to take pics generally. Though I've experienced what you described, hung up zooming in and out attempt too video. To iPhone users find that enjoyable? I'd be frustrated and annoying. We just used the cheaper other phone to video while waiting for a reboot

A lot of google messages features are not available for everyone

New here. What do we need that for?

Maybe it's a "privacy" thing? Apple pretends to know better then you what counts as "privacy".. so maybe that is the reasoning?

@@qazmko22 well, if they are going to allow voice messages to be sent via iMessage then they need to allow the user to hear the compete message without the phone locking after 15 seconds and then having to replay it. Perhaps the phone should be prevented from locking when there is a voice message playing. Or just allow the message to be played with the screen off (like telegram) and put the message control on the locksveen media control panel (like music) so user can pause it if they want. In which scenario would someone unlock their phone and then listen to the voice message and then suddenly have an intruder steal their phone and be able to hear the message when phone is locked? I don’t think it’s a security issue, it’s just poorly implemented. They’ll probably fix it next big update to iMessage. Typically they don’t listen to user feedback for these small logistical issues, they end up discovering it themselves when using the phone personally. At some meeting Tom Cook or Some other executive will say “by the way guys, iMessage voice messages cut off when screen locks”. Gotta change that. The one good thing about Apple is they all use their own devices. Unlike Android where they personally use Apple devices and so don’t notice these little things until there is a huge surge of feedback. That’s why Android has bugs and poor attention to detail for so long… engineers don’t even use the devices on their off time. Only at work.

Its situational feature. When you want to immediately stop the voice note, just lock the screen.

It's not really a downfall it's just more thing to do with security if you want to keep listening to it tap the screen to keep it awake or perhaps lengthen your time out for your screen 90% of the time versus letting it time out anyways so it doesn't really bother me having a longer time out in any case most voice memos are less than a minute so not a huge deal for me

Thats cuz google understands Android users are smarter and more likely to read before they send so no need to edit after sending

​@guyfromnewark I'm sure that's the reason, lmfao

I would also prefer

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Not only random, but proprietary first party app, making any third party apps all the more obsolete. The Apple way.

But but, audio do get saved in a file directory on all apps. Dafuq you people whinging about.

Me too

True

In India everyone uses WhatsApp no one uses I message or Google message

pov - brazilian HAHAAHHA Brasil muito superior

I am from the US and I agree that this debate is pointless. My wife is an immigrant and I've been using WhatsApp to communicate with her, her friends, and her family for years. I've convinced my family to use it after being forced to use inferior options that they suggested first. And I've convinced my employees to use it, mainly for security reasons. But everyone else still uses the default text message app around here, and it's the number one reason most of my friends use iPhone and the reason they don't want to message my android phone. It took years to get my family to switch so I have no hope of getting all my friends to use WhatsApp. Thankfully, with iPhone adopting RCS it should make conversations more pleasant for my iPhone buddies.

​@@TheRythimManI "trust" apple to have some bs implementation only to check the regulatory box, but in reality to make life miserable for whomever uses rcs.

Me too

Just got the S24 ultra after 15+ years with apple and i think google msg is better.. only because you can mess with colorization.. other than that to me they are almost the same..

Magic compose is only available in some countries and is only slowly rolled out in beta channel. Perhaps it will be available to you in the following weeks

@@aradazer but I'm in usa. I had a S23 ultra and I had all them features and when I upgrade to my S24U all them features went Ghost. But what I don't understand is. How I had all them features on my S23 but not my pixel 8 pro? So how it is?

FaceTime is better at video call than anything in RCS

Apple already has face time for that

Google doesn't push the features to everyone at the same time which is one of my biggest complaints, even my 7 Pro has more features than my 8 Pro

I missed this one, thanks for bringing it

No, it doesn't 👍🏼

There are billion iPhones out there and depend on the country Japan and the United States you have a good chance of the majority of your family and friends have an iPhone so it's perfect also the integration across all of Apple devices with imessage let alone other stuff is another huge Point even though I have the newest Galaxy tablet and the s24 ultra a lot of my stuff including messages do not linked up at least in the United States

@@aaronlimitless Timmay is that you. Cooking again mate.🤣 Everyone "buy your mum and iPhone" because to some a dystopian nightmare of a single brand and without choice of selecting the most suitable device for ones budget is utopia 🤷‍♂️

G wins just on being able to mess with the colors imo..

lol no comparison. GBoard wins

RCS is not new it's just since recently they started to give it some love more than ever RCS support up to 100 people in group chat iMessage support 30

@@macgyvermac2344100 people suppose with no end to end encryption, I think google needs to work on that

No it's not. It's been more than a decade.

Not me at all lol

RCS started in 2009. Google was just wasting their time trying to perfect other messaging apps, which failed.

I have a Samsung, i can only change the colors of the chat when chatting with another person that also has RCS.

I don't know anyone who uses WhatsApp

​@@anthonywilliams9415 Almost every other country outside the US uses WhatsApp

​@@anthonywilliams9415 Everyone outside the US. Also, no one cares for iMessage outside the US.

@@anthonywilliams9415 found the american...

iMessage is only relevant in north America. Where I live we all use WhatsApp, but making it the default for Android defeats the point of Android giving its users choice (the opposite of what iOS does). Also, regarding creating serious competition for Apple, WhatsApp probably has 10x the users around the world, it's not much of a competition at all.

On my phone you can select text or copy the whole message.

Not for me, but there are rumors that it's coming

@@IDTR I wonder if it's region locked then because I have E2E encrypted with my friends here in the USA.

I have it as well. No problems

And this is exactly what my comment was about. Google and major fragmentation issues with their Pixel phones.

Ads??

I never seen ads.

Not yet, does it work for you?

@@IDTR yes I can send screenshots to confirm! (It is possible that one person in your group is using Samsung Messages that often breaks encryption)

Yeah you skipped to the end part