The joke is made possible because Drake’s lyrics refer to what happens when a message is sent via iMessage (the official messenger iPhone), to the one who blocked it or it is not in the messenger iOS. The cloud around the message is now green instead of blue.
Among users who are not blocked, but use different operating systems, the bubble appears this way because the messaging takes place through regular SMS. As such, the option uses phone plan credits to send, and also lacks additional iMessage features such as the ability to send videos, for example.
It is this gap and Google took the opportunity to “pin” the owner iPhone. “If only one super talented team of engineers from Apple fix it. Because this is a problem that only Apple can be corrected. In fact, they are simply obliged to join the RCS, ”the video says.
RCS is an acronym for Rich Communication Services, something like Rich Communication Services. The messaging protocol is considered an evolution of SMS. It first appeared in 2007 and is now used in Google Messaging, the app equivalent to iMessage in the universe android.
Functions are very similar to the official messenger iPhone, such as sending multimedia content such as videos, GIFs, and emoticons; end-to-end encryption; and Internet consumption for sending messages, unlike SMS, which have a certain tariff.
This feature was the subject of controversy earlier this month due to an overabundance of ads. O Google need to deactivate sending ads through RCS in India after receiving complaints from several users.
RCS is not yet used by mobile operators in Brazil, which means that it is of little importance here. There are no forecasts for implementation in Claro, TIM and Vivo networks yet.
The main point of the joke made Google No Twitter this if iPhone used RCS as the messaging protocol in iMessage, users android It’s from iOS could communicate through the application with the right to all functions.
However, this is not the first time Google asks Apple to implement RCS: January 2022 Software Engineer androidHiroshi Lockheimer, usou o Twitter criticize the lack of support from Apple gives RCS. “Not adhering to the RCS, Apple holding back the industry and holding back the user experience not only for users androidbut also for our own customers,” wrote the engineer.
with information from edge e android police
