Internal Apple emails showed executives arguing that allowing iMessage on Android devices would "hurt us more than help us" and that restricting the app to Apple users had a "serious lock-in" effect, according to The Verge. The company has launched a PR campaign aimed at shaming Apple into adopting RCS, but so far the iPhone maker hasn't budged.
Google rolled out RCS for Android users in the U.S. Texts sent via iMessage show up as blue bubbles on iPhones, while their SMS/MMS counterparts are green. Hence the pixelated images and buggy group chats. This way all of you contacts will still receive texts from. When an Android user texts someone with an iPhone, their message appears as an SMS or MMS message, because Apple doesn't support RCS. All you need to do is login with the same Apple ID that you are currently using on your iPhone. If it sounds a lot like iMessage, that's because it is.īut iMessage is only available to Apple users. RCS is a new messaging standard used by Google and other telecom companies that supports group chats and read receipts, lets users send higher quality photos and videos and has end-to-end encryption, among other features. On your Mac, open Messages, choose Messages > Preference > iMessage. That's where RCS – which stands for Rich Communication Services – comes in. On your iPhone, go to the Settings > Messages > Send & Receive. MMS, or Multimedia Message Service, built on that by allowing users to send a photo or short video. That was called SMS, or Short Message Service. But you won’t have to sign out of iMessage completely just to stop getting text messages on Mac.In the early days of mobile messaging, cell phone users could send each other short text messages of no more than 160 characters. This way, you’ll still be able to send messages when you want and can view threads when it’s convenient for you. On the right side, click the toggle next to Allow Notifications.Instant Hotspot: Connect to the Personal Hotspot on your iPhone or iPad (Wi-Fi + Cellular) from your Mac, iPad, iPod. Handoff: Start work on one device, then switch to another nearby device and pick up where you left off. In the sidebar on the right, scroll down until you see Messages. Continuity Sketch: Create a sketch on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch, and easily insert it into a document on your Mac.Here’s how you can turn off notifications for the Messages app on the Mac: Instead of worrying about being notified whenever a new text message comes in, just turn off notifications completely. This last method is perhaps the simplest. Once completed, you will no longer receive iMessages on your Mac.
You may be prompted to enter your password in order to provide a form of confirmation. Next to Apple ID, click the Sign Out button.Make sure the option Enable this account is checked under the Apple ID section. Go to the Account tab from the preferences window. But if you’re done with the experiment or just don’t want messages coming in on your Mac, here’s how you can sign out of iMessage: Click on Messages from the menu bar and choose Preferences. Even if you don’t have an iPhone, you can set up iMessage to be used with an Apple ID (email address) to send and receive messages on your Apple devices. Ignoring the whole “green bubble vs blue bubble” debate, iMessage remains one of the most popular ways to message your iOS-using friends.
Instead, it essentially makes it so that your Mac is not included in the list of devices that will receive text messages. This doesn’t turn off the ability to send and receive messages.