Stories have been hitting the internet that emoji message reactions work on the Apple Messages app when texting with Android customers, however in my expertise, it’s nonetheless hit-and-miss.
My group chat with my two closest buddies consists of two iPhone customers and one Pixel 8 consumer, and whereas it really works kind of with no hitch, message reactions solely appear to work typically. The man who owns the Pixel’s identify is Dom, and he makes use of reactions a ton, however solely about half the time does it work as anticipated, and the opposite half, I get a message like “Dom reacted to your message with [emoji].”
There may be little consistency, too. At first, I assumed that the reactions have been solely supported with sure emojis, just like the thumbs-up, however after trying again in my chat for a couple of days, there are even cases the place he has ‘thumbed up’ two messages again to again and just one works as meant; the opposite is the previous written-out fashion.
Total, it really works slightly greater than half the time and in personal chats, not group chats, it appears slightly extra steady, but it surely’s nonetheless not precisely good. On prime of that, with Freedom, I’m having points with RCS working persistently, which can be annoying, and the bouncing between RCS and SMS wreaks havoc on my group chats because it creates two separate conversations on my pal’s Pixel, one for SMS and one for RCS. This might perhaps be the reason for the hit-and-miss reactions, however trying by means of the conversations, it appears to use equally to SMS and RCS messages.
By way of: The Verge
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