That gives you group chats, high-quality images, and beautiful blue bubbles.
1Custom Chat Colors
Sure, you probably loveseeing blue bubbles in your iMessage chats.
But wouldn’t you rather have more control over the colors used in your chats?
The only restriction is that the chat needs to be usingRCS, rather than SMS.
3Reply Reminders
Do you ever read a message, plan to reply, and then completely forget?
It sure would be nice to get reminded to reply to these messages, right?
Google Messages does this by default, with a Nudge option found in the app’s controls.
Just tap a person’s name at the top of the page and scroll down to see it all.
But there’s no easy way to save actual messages you want to keep hold of.
This would be incredibly useful for saving messages with important information, like directions or event plans.
Google Messages, by contrast, lets you do just that.
Every year, Apple releases a new major iOS update that typically includes improvements to iMessage.
This year, iOS 18, is no different.
It’ll add a host of new features, from bettertapback optionstosmart replies with Apple Intelligence.
But even with those additions, iMessage will still fall short of Google Messages in the areas above.
