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 Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
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    1 year 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·
      1 year 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 Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
        1·
        1 year 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·
          1 year 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·
      1 year 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.