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Apple’s iMessage lock-in is a documented strategy. Using peer pressure and bullying as a way to sell products is disingenuous for a company that has humanity and equity as a core part of its marketing. The standards exist today to fix this.
How Apple’s iMessage sealed its dominance with an army of texting teens. on.wsj.com/3F8Kr0D
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We announced the 1st version of Android 8 years ago today. I have a feeling 8 years from now we'll be talking about Oct 4, 2016.
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Hard work pays off, @panos_panay! It’s great to have the #SurfaceDuo in the Android family.
ALT Surface Duo with the Surface and Android logos side-by-side
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It's clear why Apple is opposing interoperability. But people should be able to send high quality videos and photos to their mom without having to buy her a new phone. #GetTheMessage
"I don't hear our users asking that we put a lot of energy" into RCS, says Tim Cook in response to a question at Code. "I would love to convert you to an iPhone."
"I can't send my mom certain videos," says the questioner.
"Buy your mom an iPhone," says Tim.
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Made some yakitori and yakiniku this weekend! 🐓🧅🍢🥩🍚🥢🥢🥢🥢
ALT Three grills with yakitori, a dish of meat for yakiniku, some chopsticks, and a device.
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This one brought back over a decade of memories, @MKBHD!
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We’re not asking Apple to make iMessage available on Android. We’re asking Apple to support the industry standard for modern messaging (RCS) in iMessage, just as they support the older SMS / MMS standards.
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Wild to think about user experiences for phones that can connect to satellites. When we launched G1 in '08 it was a stretch to get 3G + Wifi working. Now we're designing for satellites. Cool! Excited to support our partners in enabling all of this in the next version of Android!
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A decade of @Android? Time flies when you’re having fun. Thanks for being part of the Android family. #io18
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Who remembers this phone? Pixel Buds for size reference! 📏
ALT Truly wireless earbuds case next to an Android mobile device from a long time ago!
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We built an OS, available to all for free, and it even supports multiple app stores. It’s strange that this suit attacks Android when it provides an unprecedented level of openness and choice. We think they got it wrong, and we’ll defend ourselves.
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TOP SECRET product idea #3: autonomous phones that crawl back to you when you've can't find 'em. Like summon mode but for your phone.
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💚 Group chats don't need to break this way. There exists a Really Clear Solution. Here's an open invitation to the folks who can make this right: we are here to help. 💚💙
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Tons of great discussion following my tweet over the weekend. Thank you for that. I wanted to follow up with some thoughts and clarifications:
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Everybody should have secure and modern messaging without worrying what kind of phone they’re texting to. So glad to see Apple joining our ongoing work with the GSMA on RCS to make texting better for all! 🙏
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INTEROPERABILITY
...would be so much better if we could do this together. 🤝
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👀 for discussion!
NEW VIDEO - Blue Bubbles vs Green Bubbles: Explained! Why people can’t stop using the iPhone.
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Went to the office a few days ago, hadn't been to this building before! Cool entrance!!
ALT A hallway / entrance to one of the offices at Google, lots of curvy wood with LED lighting
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Another Android One device from @xiaomi. Super excited about this!
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I am a fan.
Google sponsorship leads to 'Chrome wheels' and Android logo on McLaren Formula 1 cars 9to5google.com/2022/03/16/an… by @technacity
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For all my friends in Japan, you can now print pics straight from @googlephotos to your local 7-Eleven "konbini"!
📷📶➡️🚶🏪➡️🖼️🎊
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Google フォトの新機能 📷✨
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#Googleフォト アプリから、全国の #セブンイレブン でLサイズの写真を手軽にプリントできるサービスを順次提供開始します！
お家で過ごす時間が増えた今だからこそ、思い出の写真をプリントして部屋に飾ったり、誰かに贈ってみませんか？
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Maxwell Weinbach posted a good video explainer on the issue tiktok.com/@maxwellweinbach/…
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Look! New emoji coming to #Nexus next week. Fonts and tech details shared with OEMs to include in their updates too.
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It'll be ok @MKBHD, I'll find other ways to troll you
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By not incorporating RCS, Apple is holding back the industry and holding back the user experience for not only Android users but also their own customers.
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Wish list for the perfect pair of truly wireless buds:
✔️ Great sound quality, latest codecs
✔️ 10+ hours before needing a charge
✔️ A case that fits in tight pockets, USB-C
✔️ Sweat-proof for workouts
✔️ Intuitive, tactile buttons
✔️ Auto mutes when someone is talking to me
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This from the company that claims to be the most open, with "the most choice." I hope this is just a developer preview thing, and the shipping version of Windows 11 lives up to their claims. This is far from "choice."
Microsoft is making it harder to switch default browsers in Windows 11. Alongside the new Widgets that ignore your default browser choice, Microsoft's browser competitors aren't happy. My report here: theverge.com/22630319/micros…
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Apologies to Podcast Addict fans today. We are still sorting out kinks in our process as we combat Covid misinformation, but this app should not have been removed. Carry on with your podcasts, folks! 🙇♂️
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So I have a feeling y'all want new emojis? a) Thanks for the feedback, b) We're on it, and c) Sorry!
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Supporting RCS would improve the experience for both iOS and Android users alike. That’s right, RCS will also improve the experience and privacy for iOS users.
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SMS has evolved, and it’s better. You can see read receipts, typing indicators, better groups, secure 1:1 messages (groups coming soon) etc. That new standard is called RCS, and it’s available now.
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Had lunch with a friend (hi @hbarra!) and somehow ended up with a new phone! On my desk at the moment. I'm liking the Xiaomi Mi Mix 2. 💯
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I went into the office for the first time since early March (!) to record a quick appearance for an upcoming launch. Device hidden in pocket, sorry...
✅ Mask
✅ Distance
✅ Outside
✅ 🎥+🤐
(Also, Bay Area folks, please stay safe from the fires.)
ALT Sitting on a chair outdoors with a mask on, with a bunch of lighting equipment and a camera pointed in my direction.
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If you want to reach someone and you don’t know whether they use app x y or z, you have high confidence that sending them a text (SMS) will work. That’s because it’s a standard and supported by essentially all mobile devices. That’s probably why Apple supported SMS to begin with.
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Why is this important? Phone number-based messaging is the fallback that we all know will work.
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Introducing a new standard isn't fast or easy, but this has truly been a milestone year for RCS. A heartfelt 🙏 to our partners and the 1 billion users who helped Google Messages with RCS get to this point.
Thanks to the more than 1 billion active users who have enabled RCS in Google Messages! To celebrate, we're introducing new features to Google Messages, including Photomoji. Excited to use one of my dog Jeffree:) blog.google/products/android…
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Hey @MKBHD , wanna make it a tradition? You busy Oct 4? I'll save you a seat again.
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Today, @sundarpichai shared that developers around the world (excl. China) have earned more than $80 billion to date on @GooglePlay. Our platform can’t succeed without the help of our developer ecosystem, so a huge thank you for all you do!
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Happy Halloween!
(I retweeted this a year ago but it still cracks me up!)
Chucky costume for dog? Take my money, please. #horror #horrorfans
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Disappointed in the Commission's decision, but humbled and thankful for all the support from our partners across app developers, OEMs and operators.Thank you. #androidworks
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Precisely! People have talked about "green bubbles" as an Android problem. There are hundreds of millions of people around the world already using RCS - encryption, uncompressed images and all. If you're an iPhone user, hopefully you'll be able to get these capabilities soon too.
.@Apple still has yet to adopt RCS as a messaging standard and is still defaulting to SMS/MMS. This is less secure, and causes images/videos to be compressed cross-platform. Looks like Android is raising awareness to this issue: android.com/get-the-message/ #GetTheMessage
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.@sundarpichai, 🌯, Seoul, 2013
Happy 15th Birthday @GoogleMaps! Reflecting today on some of the ways it’s been helpful to me, from getting around more easily to finding a good veggie burrito wherever I am:) Thanks to the support of our users, Maps keeps getting more helpful every day.
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This was a fun one to watch as I wrap up my week. A busy one for many Googlers. Thanks all for your interest. 🙏 (and thanks Googlers!).
So excited about the stuff we announced, AND the stuff still up our sleeves (or in our pockets 🤪).
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At I/O, we announced more than 800M people are currently using RCS, and we expect to hit 1B by the end of the year. Adopting modern messaging standards helps bring us all closer together and improves user privacy.
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That feeling when you're testing a new version of the OS and you think you've found a bug in audio but it's actually Radiohead.
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.@googlechrome turns 10 today!! 🎉🎂🎉
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There’s a ton of momentum for Chromebooks and we are very committed to Chrome OS. I just bought two for my kids for schoolwork!
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This is the most code I've written in a long time (don't judge), and the last time I used vi it was definitely not on a Chromebook. Exciting times!
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We built an amazing experience for CES but this was the right call. You can't beat the Android ecosystem for choice and we've been hard at work creating some magical experiences across 📱⌚ 📺 🚗 💻🎧🔑. Lots of great news to share in 2022. Stay tuned!
Google cancels CES show presence amid omicron concerns tcrn.ch/3eig2Ss by @bheater
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Do you remember when you first started using Chrome? For those of you who joined us 15 years ago when we launched Chrome, thank you! 🎂 Check out some of the updates coming soon to Chrome as we celebrate 15 years.
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"I'm not tired of Panos," Lockheimer said near the end of their first-ever joint interview, before Panay cut him off: "I'm very tired of Hiroshi."
That pretty much sums it up. 🤣 #SurfaceDuo
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Paging @davey_burke on the flight deck! 🚀
All systems go for the #Android11: The Beta Launch Show next week? g.co/Android11
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Today I'm excited to share that we're working with AT&T to accelerate adoption of the RCS standard, and that AT&T's default Android messaging will now be via the Jibe platform, so their users will get the latest RCS features instantly.
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So, for the past few weeks I've had the opportunity to test the latest @WearOSbyGoogle on this (pre-release) watch with all the latest tech and I absolutely love it. #humblebrag #notsohumble
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Hi! I know it's been a while since I've tweeted (been extra busy etc). But I just had to retweet this. Ok ttyl.
Chucky costume for dog? Take my money, please. #horror #horrorfans
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