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My messaging apps built into your phone do you mean SMS? Or iMessage or RCS? Because SMS leaves a lot on the table. It is okay if you want to send just text bu
by kevincox 6y ago
My messaging apps built into your phone do you mean SMS? Or iMessage or RCS?
Because SMS leaves a lot on the table. It is okay if you want to send just text but doesn't support rich features such as reactions, replies various forms of formatting or media. It is also very insecure. iMessage and RCS provide more but have their own limitations particularly across platforms.
Furthermore other messaging apps provide a wide variety of features and aren't tied to (often temporary) identifiers such as phone numbers.
So SMS may be sufficient for many people but I'm surprised that you haven't encountered people using other communications tools that are much more full featured.
- intrasight 6y agoIt's the icon at the bottom besides the phone icon :) I can't imaging asking a friend or relative to install an app so that I can message them. I'm sure the response would be "you can already message me". I send text. I send photos. I guess I could install it on both of my phones and message myself to see what it adds. I'm just having a hard time imaging what it could be.
- kevincox 6y agoSo you don't care about security or reactions... How about group chat? That is a very useful feature that SMS doesn't provide.
- intrasight 6y agoThe iPhone is my daily device that I use for messaging. iMessage gives me reactions and group. I had assumed that the Android message app did the same.
- kevincox 6y agoIf you are using iMessage you are using a custom messaging app. The only difference is that it was pre-installed on you phone.