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Messages (formerly Text) is a text messaging software application developed by Apple Inc. for its macOS, iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and visionOS operating systems.. All versions of Messages support Apple's own iMessage service, while the mobile version of Messages on iOS – used on iPhone and cellular-enabled models of the iPad – also supports SMS, MMS, and RCS in iOS 18. [1]
Messages is an instant messaging app introduced with iPhone OS 3 on June 17, 2009, that replaced the older Text app. [47] The app supports SMS, MMS, and iMessage with the bubble of messages sent via SMS appearing green, messages sent over iMessage appearing blue and messages sent over a satellite connection appearing grey.
The MMS standard extends the core SMS (Short Message Service) capability, allowing the exchange of text messages greater than 160 characters in length. Unlike text-only SMS, MMS can deliver a variety of media, including up to forty seconds of video, one image, a slideshow [31] of multiple images, or audio. The first MMS-capable phones were ...
iMessage is an instant messaging service developed by Apple Inc. and launched in 2011. iMessage functions exclusively on Apple platforms – including iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and visionOS – as part of Apple's approach to inter-device integration, which has been described by media outlets as a means of achieving vendor lock-in.
Around 2011, AIM started to lose popularity rapidly, partly due to the quick rise of Gmail and its built-in real-time Google Chat instant messenger integration in 2011 and because many people migrated to SMS or iMessages text messaging and later, social networking websites and apps for instant messaging, in particular, Facebook Messenger, which was released as a standalone application the same ...
Here’s how to retrieve deleted text messages on an iPhone. Most of us have tons of text messages on our iPhones from the past year alone. There’s not always a reason to keep them, ...
An RCS thread on Xiaomi's messaging client, showing emojis, images, location, and a file, sent by the user. Samsung Electronics was one of the first major device original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to support the RCS initiative and it commercially launched RCS capable devices in Europe in 2012 and in the United States in 2015.
The device also needs to have Google Messages set as the default messaging app. Google’s Satellite SOS feature will show up in the dialer as an option to contact 911 when there is no connection.