The iMessage Battle: Green vs Blue Texts on Android

The battle between Apple and app developers over the blue/green text divide in messaging apps continues. Apple's iMessage, with its blue texts, offers features like read receipts, typing indicators, and encryption, while texts to Android phones default to green, using the older SMS technology without these features. Developers have been working on ways to bring the blue bubble experience to Android, but privacy and security concerns have arisen. Apple has taken steps to block apps that exploit fake credentials to gain access to iMessage, citing risks to user security and privacy. While RCS, a standardized platform similar to iMessage, may solve some technical issues with texting, Apple has stated that RCS messages will still appear as green bubbles.