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iMessage is the e2e protocol used by the messages app if you're texting another iOS user. Messages is the name of the app that does that, as well as SMS. It's

iMessage is the e2e protocol used by the messages app if you're texting another iOS user. Messages is the name of the app that does that, as well as SMS. It's really nothing that most end users notice or care about, as long as they get their blue bubbles and fun features.

dopa42365 4y ago
No one outside one country in the world really uses SMS anymore.
- jkaplowitz 4y ago
  At least two countries, I think. You're probably thinking of the US, but SMS is alive and well in Canada. (FB Messenger is #1 but far from monopolizing Canadian habits.)
  - Dylan16807 4y ago
    Outside the US by more than 100 miles, then.
- deleted 4y ago
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- shp0ngle 4y ago
  eh it’s still used for 2FA where I’m from