![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() TODAY'S request for comment about Google's campaign. If Apple would adopt RCS instead, Google says, messages between Android and Apple smartphones would look better and would be encrypted.Īpple did not return U.S. When Google's "Apple should fix what's broken" website went live Tuesday, tech news site Business Insider wrote how "Some users have long lamented the green message bubbles that come with cross-device messaging, as well as poor-quality compressed videos, the lack of read receipts, and other headaches." "These problems exist because Apple refuses to adopt modern texting standards when people with iPhones and Android phones text each other." It's the blurry videos, broken group chats, missing read receipts and typing indicators, no texting over Wi-Fi, and more," Google's site declares. "It's not about the color of the bubbles. Google is going on the offensive again with a website encouraging Apple to adopt RCS so the messaging systems interoperate. Google has claimed this distinction leads to "peer pressure and bullying" in favor of iMessages and iPhones. Messages between Android and Apple phones are turned into SMS (Short Message Service) and MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) texts, which Google charges are "out-of-date technologies from the 90s and 00s." As a result, images sent in messages between Android and iPhones are compressed, Google says, and users can't tell if see if messages have been received and read. Texts from Android devices to iPhones show up in a green bubble on an iPhone while iPhone to iPhone messages arrive in blue bubbles (standard texts show up in light gray on both platforms). This lack of interoperability leads to a major annoyance, for some. But because the platforms aren't compatible, text messages between iPhones and Androids revert to regular, outdated text messages. From there, turn on or off Read receipts.For years, consumers have voiced their annoyance over the handling of text messages on smartphones between the top two messaging platforms: Apple's proprietary iMessage and Google's Messages app, which uses Rich Communications Services (RCS).īoth platforms supercharge regular text messages-allowing for features like higher quality images, read receipts, text effects, enhanced security, reactions and other benefits. To see or change this option, select Settings and more to the left of your profile at the top of Teams, and then select Settings > Privacy. Read receipts won’t mark a message as seen if viewed from a quick entry point like someone's profile or a banner notification. You'll only get a read receipt if someone is active in the chat and responded there.Īs previously mentioned, a message will have a read receipt only if the recipient is active in the chat window. Or, if they see or respond from a banner notification. You won't get a read receipt if someone sees your message in a notification or in the Activity feed. If you're chatting with someone who has it turned off or someone who’s outside your org, you won't see read receipts from that person.Īctivity in the chat window marks a message as a read receipt What counts as someone having read your message?Įveryone must have read receipts turned on Your admin decides whether you have this feature and the ability to turn it off. Note: By default, Read receipts are on for everyone. ![]()
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