“Texts go green, it hits a little different, don’t it?”
Starting from the beginning of the year, Google has attempted to openly pressure Apple into embracing the GSMA’s RCS informing convention. The hunt monster’s mission has involved everything from not-really unobtrusive hits at I/O 2022 to long Twitter strings from the head of Android. Presently the quarrel has extended to incorporate Drake.
In a tweet spotted by 9to5Google, the Android Twitter account shared an “informal verse explainer video” for “Texts Go Green,” the third tune from the rapper’s most recent collection. The tune highlights Drake singing about a harmful relationship. Both the title and chorale of “Messages Go Green” allude to what happens when an iPhone client blocks somebody from reaching them through iMessage. The assistance defaults to SMS and the boycotted individual will lose every one of the advantages of iMessage, including read receipts assuming the other individual had them empowered beforehand.
Referring to the melody as “a genuine banger,” Google says the “peculiarity” of green message bubbles is “quite harsh” for both non-iPhone clients and any individual who gets impeded. “If by some stroke of good luck some really gifted designing group at Apple would fix this,” the organization says in the video. “Since this is an issue no one but Apple can fix. They simply need to embrace RCS, in fact.”
The incongruity of Google’s video is that doesn’t precisely make sense of the significance of “Messages Go Green.” with regards to the melody, iMessage’s contrariness with RCS is a solace for Drake. “Texts make strides toward environmental friendliness, it hits somewhat unique, don’t it?” he sings. “Realize you miss the days when I was grippin’ on it/Know you’re in a house this evening only thinkin’ on it/I continued on such a long time ago.”
However, hello, anything it takes for Apple to embrace RCS, correct?