It boggles my mind that there are human beings on this planet that still don't use WhatsApp.
United States is a case to be studied.
yeah what a thing to be boggled about?
What country are you from?
It boggles my mind that there are human beings on this planet that still don't use WhatsApp.
United States is a case to be studied.
iMessage has some nice features, but I spend the majority of my messaging time in whatsapp because it's free for everyone regardless of platform.
Not sure why this is so difficult for people to comprehend.
This thread would be so different if Apple would just put iMessage on android, web etc
Oh believe me, people have spent so much time promoting whatsapp that no one in this thread is confused about it's features.
And yet they're all treated as weird for wanting to use it over a stock app.
Oh believe me, people have spent so much time promoting whatsapp that no one in this thread is confused about it's features.
So what's the problem then? It's not as if there's a high barrier of entry. Just download the app and ask your friends to try it out too?
Is there really a snobbery towards non-iMessage users? The concept of this just seems bizarre to me.
Cause we dont care about these features.
TIL people in the Us don't use Whatsapp.
The fuck?
Clearly people do. Its why this thread exists.
Cause we dont care about these features.
By February 2016, WhatsApp had a user base of over one billion, making it the most popular messaging application at the time.
The ones who care got the app, the ones who dont, didnt get the app.
What is the problem?
I wouldnt use WhatsApp because its owned by Facebook, Facebook is hot garbage and their CEO has an incredibly punchable face.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WhatsApp
I guess those 1 billion people are weird then for liking those features?
The ones who care got the app, the ones who dont, didnt get the app.
What is the problem?
I'm an american and use whatsapp. Not all Americans!
iMessage is so fucking limited that WhatsApp is the best solution. That simple. If all your friends are on iMessage then good for you but the op is on Android now so getting g WhatsApp and asking his family members to download it is the best solution for now and in the future.Ive said it about a dozen times in this thread, but Ill repeat it again because people seem to not get it.
All of these look how much better WhatsApp is you ignorant Americans posts are useless because WhatsApp is a platform that most of the people we know have never even heard of. WhatsApps superiority means nothing when we have nobody to talk to on it. We do and will continue to use whatever messaging solution allows us to talk to the people we know.
TIL people in the Us don't use Whatsapp.
The fuck?
iMessage is so fucking limited that WhatsApp is the best solution. That simple. If all your friends are on iMessage then good for you but the op is on Android now so getting g WhatsApp and asking his family members to download it is the best solution for now and in the future.
And yet they're all treated as weird for wanting to use it over a stock app.
Why couldn't they continue to communicate with you via the Messages app?
Seems like a dumb reason to switch.
Tried to send a gif I made from a video and it was too big for mms. So I had to send it to them on Facebook messenger
Which has been an ok stop gap I guess
i actually returned the s8+ phone today and reactivated my iphone 7+.
I couldn't deal with it.
I loved everything about the s8+. EXCEPT for this.
My entire family group messages on imessage. They use imessage to talk to me.
Telling them to download a separate app just to include me on conversations was not going to happen, when they talk to everyone already via imessage.
My 62 year old mother is not going to use multiple messaging systems to talk to a variety of different people.
I get that whatsapp has a lot of features. But when i can ONLY talk to people using whatsapp, it is whatsapp that feels very limited. With imessage I can talk to anyone with a phone. With whatsapp i can only talk to whatsapp users.
I hope this changes in the future, with new standards or whatever.
And I understand none of the Europeans in this thread understand why it is such a big deal. But it was to me.
Because the messages app handles group messages with android user very differently depending on carrier and even the phone youre using. Its so goddamn complicated that Im not remotely surprised the OP didnt want to deal with it.
Ive had grouped chats with a mix of Android users and iPhones, all through SMS obviously, and I would have situations where all the messages came into said group chat correctly, and others, where a new group chat would open up, or one person would send you a text to you individually but it clearly meant for everyone else. Its a goddamn mess.
I don't understand -- why couldn't your family still use iMessage to talk to you?
That just sounds like iMessage doesn't handle group messaging very well and just converts everything to standard MMS.
so wait.... WhatsApp can only message with other WhatsApp users?
so wait.... WhatsApp can only message with other WhatsApp users?
It handles group messaging exactly how it needs to. One SMS pleeb means the entire conversation has to be done over SMS. Because of the way iMessage works, EVERYONE has to be on iMessage for it to group message over it. So one SMS means the whole thing goes to an SMS group message.
i actually returned the s8+ phone today and reactivated my iphone 7+.
I couldn't deal with it.
I loved everything about the s8+. EXCEPT for this.
My entire family group messages on imessage. They use imessage to talk to me.
Telling them to download a separate app just to include me on conversations was not going to happen, when they talk to everyone already via imessage.
My 62 year old mother is not going to use multiple messaging systems to talk to a variety of different people.
I get that whatsapp has a lot of features. But when i can ONLY talk to people using whatsapp, it is whatsapp that feels very limited. With imessage I can talk to anyone with a phone. With whatsapp i can only talk to whatsapp users.
I hope this changes in the future, with new standards or whatever.
And I understand none of the Europeans in this thread understand why it is such a big deal. But it was to me.
Yes.
This is why fb messenger is what most everyone I know uses for group chat.
I mean holy shit, I never knew this. I always figured it was identical to iMessage where it just fell back to SMS, and would receive SMS as well.
Ok, now all of the people in here saying "why don't you just use WhatsApp" actually sound crazy.. umm... you'd have to switch over probably 250M users over to a 3rd part application almost simultaneously... yeah no.
uggh... I hate FB messenger... mostly because I don't use it. practically no one I know uses it.. and then out of nowhere I'll get a message on it and have to go into the app. Beyond that, it's mobile app layout is god awful. I have one buddy who practically refuses to SMS me... ugh.. I am fine with it for people I don't want to give my mobile number out to (FB "friends").. but man.. I hate Messenger..
Seriously.
*gets text*
Im sorry guys, but to continue to talk to me, download WhatsApp. Its great! Much better than text!! Trust me!
If one of my friends sent me that, Id *text* them to fuck off and kick them in the nuts next time I saw them
Sounds like someone that'd get offended at having to use Metric instead of Imperial.You seem to really like your friends.
That just sounds like iMessage doesn't handle group messaging very well and just converts everything to standard MMS.
Sorry if it's been asked already, but 10+ pages of thread...
iMessage sends SMS to whoever doesn't have iMessage. What if it's an image instead of text, it automatically sends an MMS?
Are the MMS free like the SMS in the US?
Sounds like someone that'd get offended at having to use Metric instead of Imperial.
I dont know why this is so hard for people to understand. Whats app can only message other people who also have the app. That is so limiting compared to iMessage which can do bothSeriously.
*gets text*
Im sorry guys, but to continue to talk to me, download WhatsApp. Its great! Much better than text!! Trust me!
If one of my friends sent me that, Id *text* them to fuck off and kick them in the nuts next time I saw them
I actually do think that this is an interesting comparison. Like from what I gather if you could somehow automate a process where overnight every phone would get WhatsApp installed, all of your existing contacts were instantly added to it, and the icon was right where your current SMS/iMessage default app is, everyone would probably adjust instantly and quite possibly be way happier with a superior text chat app. But without that sort of magical rollout, aside from the people that are currently the odd ones out, I think it's just kind of perceived as a solution to a problem that doesn't exist. I think the metric system faces a similar inertia. "It's more intuitive!" "It's what most of the rest of the world uses!" OK. These are valid points, sure. But most people are satisfied with what they already know. It's pitched as the answer, but the problem is that most people aren't asking the question to begin with.
I actually do think that this is an interesting comparison. Like from what I gather if you could somehow automate a process where overnight every phone would get WhatsApp installed, all of your existing contacts were instantly added to it, and the icon was right where your current SMS/iMessage default app is, everyone would probably adjust instantly and quite possibly be way happier with a superior text chat app. But without that sort of magical rollout, aside from the people that are currently the odd ones out, I think it's just kind of perceived as a solution to a problem that doesn't exist. I think the metric system faces a similar inertia. "It's more intuitive!" "It's what most of the rest of the world uses!" OK. These are valid points, sure. But most people are satisfied with what they already know. It's pitched as the answer, but the problem is that most people aren't asking the question to begin with.
Id guess there is a cool down period for protocol switches to prevent the old stuck problem. Or try turning iMessage off then on in your settings. Reboot before turning it back on.Just messaging my daughter - she has an iPhone SE, I had an Android for a few weeks and am now back with an iPhone. The iMessage screen was mostly blue but now is green and I have no idea why it hasnt flipped back to blue. I would prefer blue so I know she has read it