Google today announced that Android users will be able to add emoji reactions to text messages received from iPhone users in Google’s Messages app. This feature and other app enhancements will begin rolling out in the coming weeks.
Since the Messages app on iOS does not support the Rich Communication Services (RCS) protocol, emoji reactions from Android users will appear as annoying follow-up text messages on the iPhone, according to CBS. For example, the message will say something like “Joe reacted with Heart to ‘let’s go to the movies tonight'”.
Jan Jedrzejowicz, head of Google’s Messages app, said CBS that it will be up to Apple to decide whether or not to parse these texts into the proper Tapback reaction on the iPhone, similar to how Tapbacks now appear correctly on Android.
The feature appears to be at least partly an attempt by Google to encourage Apple to support RCS on the iPhone, as it would eliminate annoying tracking SMS messages. Google launched a campaign earlier this year to get Apple to adopt RCS, but Apple CEO Tim Cook suggested the feature was not in high demand among iPhone users.
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