And if your job requires you to have an Android (as some do), this development is going to be particularly exciting for you - you can have your Android and your iMessages, too. And, the app is totally encrypted, so your messages are entirely private! You basically get to live that iMessage life without having to change your phone. Then you will find your IP address in IPv4 Address Filed. Find the IP address by going to the System Preferences Network Advanced TCP/IP. And to your friends, your messages will go through as blue, aka iMessage. After that, you need to find your Mac’s Ip address. With the app, you'll be able to participate in group chats, use read receipts, send attachments, use the special graphics, emojis, GIFs and effects, all from your phone. Essentially, your phone just becomes a vessel for your computer's iMessage information, and mirrors the app as it is on your laptop - and it does it very adeptly, at that.
The texts won't be sent with your phone number - that's still tethered to your Android device, so your Mac wouldn't sync texts sent to your Android phone number - but you will be able to send messages with your Apple ID, or whatever email address you have on file within your iMessage. You still have the ability to text with your Android device as you normally world - just, with the app, you can also use iMessage to text people who are blue bubble snobs, or simply just prefer iMessage. So, the app lets you use your computer on your phone, if that makes sense. They will also appear on your computer, of course, because that's the original source of the iMessages anyway.
Once you download the app and sync it to your computer, you'll be able to send and receive iMessages from your phone via your computer. You need to own an Apple device for it to work, because otherwise, how would you have an Apple ID? Basically, the app weMessage creates an extension server (weServer) from your Mac, and merely transfers the iMessages from your computer to your phone. No, you cannot escape Apple entirely - iMessage is their program, after all. Enjoy a clean, beautiful messaging experience. Share images, videos, documents and more.
Chat together with your friends in groups. That's right: you should know that you'll need a Mac computer at home in order for this app to work. But now, AirMessage makes it easy to send and receive messages to your friends and family through group chats, images, videos and audio messages - Send and receive messages using Apple’s messaging network. You can now send iMessages on Android devices, thanks to an app called weMessage - if you have a Mac computer, that is. Regardless, extra care should be taken in communication to capture the original intent of the source message, which should be Tapbacks in this case.If you're an Android user who's always wished you could experience what it's like to text someone with iMessage instead of regular SMS text, well, you're probably going to be pretty psyched about this new development. Some standardization between Google and Apple would not hurt here.Īs pointed out in the comments, Google’s choices for “iPhone reactions” do map to RCS reactions, but it’s far from 1:1 with six versus seven choices. The faces come off as more playful and exaggerated rather than the straightforward nature of Tapbacks. Google’s decision to use face emojis rather than symbols might send a different meaning.
Then, on the Windows PC you want to access and get iMessages on, you screen share into that aforementioned Mac and connect to it, giving access to the iMessage app and. Similarly, “Haha” is “Face with Tears of Joy.” The “exclamation marks” become “Face with Open Mouth” and the question mark is “Thinking Face.” Thumbs up/down remains faithful to their iMessage counterparts. The basics of how this approach works to gain access to iMessage on Windows or a Linux PC is as as so: first, you enable Screen Sharing remote control on the Mac with iMessage. The iMessage “Heart” becomes the “Smiling Face with Heart-Eyes” emoji. That said, Google made some interesting choices in the translation process. Instead of them appearing as an annoying text version (e.g., Loved “Testing”), the response on your device will appear in the bottom-right corner of the message bubble you sent, similar to the iOS-to-iOS experience. Once rolled out to your Android phone, Google Messages will convert iMessage reactions (officially referred to as “ Tapbacks“) sent by iPhone users in response to SMS/MMS.
As we spotted in November and following the latest push for RCS support on iPhone earlier this month, Google Messages is starting to roll out iMessage reactions in beta for Android users.