Messaging between Android and iOS just got a little bit better. Apple has finally allowed those rapscallions on the best Android phones to send message reactions to iPhone users (via The Verge). That means iPhone users communicating with the lowly green bubble types over RCS will finally start seeing emoji reactions appear on the relevant messages — as they should be.
The experience texting between Android and iPhone has never been particularly great — primarily down to Apple’s own stubbornness in adopting the RCS standard. Images and videos were compressed more than a soda can in the Mariana Trench and smart features didn’t work properly — if they even worked at all.
