The latest Google Messages beta fixes Apple’s annoying iMessage reaction texts on Android

For so long, Apple has had a sizeable lead over Google when it comes to texting, with iMessage featuring a number of exclusive features such as per-message emoji reactions and end-to-end encryption. In response, Google released RCS, bringing the messaging experience on Android much closer to that of Apple. However, one big problem that remained unresolved was cross-platform texting. For every reaction on iMessage, the same message is returned again to the other Android user, prefixed by their reaction, clogging up the chat thread with meaninglessly long messages, just because it’s not an iPhone-to-iPhone conversation. Well, it looks like those days will be over pretty soon. In fact, you could end this peril as soon as now.

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Google Duplex is rolling out to non-Pixel phones in the US

Google announced Duplex back at I/O 2018. It enables the Google Assistant to call businesses and make reservations or appointments for you. In March, it started widely rolling out to only the Pixel phones and turned out to be pretty reliable too. Now, according to a report from XDA-Developers, Google Duplex is rolling out for iPhones (with the Google Assistant app) and most Android phones in the US.

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[Update: Restored] Apple revokes Google’s developer enterprise certificate causing all internal iOS apps to break

Just yesterday, Facebook had its developer enterprise certificate revoked by Apple after news broke that it was using the program to distribute a research app to consumers that tracked all network data on their iOS device in exchange for gift cards. Apple’s policy for the Developer Enterprise Program states that it’s “solely for the internal distribution of apps within an organization.” Apple also added that “any developer using their enterprise certificates to distribute apps to consumers [would] have their certificates revoked.” Google also had a similar app that used the same bypass as Facebook, and now, The Verge is reporting that they too are having their enterprise certificates revoked.

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