It would not have been a surprised move by Apple to bring its messaging platform to Android.
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Why? Walt Mossberg, a famed technology journalist, posed the question to an unnamed “senior Apple executive” while at the conference.
Nonetheless, the rumor mills are now put to rest as its confirmed that Apple Inc.is not porting iMessage onto Android’s operating system.
One of the pre-WWDC 2016 rumors that reached our ears claimed that Apple was planning to release its iMessage iOS messaging app on Android in an effort to boost the number of users for its services, but now that the conference has already passed, it’s very clear that this was just fake speculation. Seeing how Apple had made its streaming music service available on Android, many found this report to be somewhat plausible. As it turns out, iMessage won’t be coming to Android anytime soon and probably never will. While iMessage might not be the deciding factor for some, it’s just one more example of Apple using a key feature to try and either keep loyal customers just that or to coax new ones into their infamous “walled garden”.
Even if you did want iMessage for your Android device, it’s highly unlikely Apple would ever want to bring the app over.
iMessage also now comes with Snapchat-style features, including the ability to change the size of speech bubbles and send so-called “invisible messages”, the content of which only appears when users hold down on the missive.
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When I asked a senior Apple executive why iMessage wasn’t being expanded to other platforms, he gave two answers. And it’s turning the service into a true platform that can host third-party apps like cash transfer services, stickers, photo editing, and restaurant reservation apps. He also went on to say that having a substantially superior messaging platform is part of the allure of iOS and Apple devices only fuels the sale for its hardware so there wouldn’t be a point to diminish one unique selling point of the devices. Do you want to see the messaging service on Android?
