New messaging app will stop iPhone users from bullying Android users

If you’re an Android user who is tired of being insulted in a group chat by iPhone users because your presence causes the text bubbles to turn green and downgrades the service from iMessage to SMS, pay attention to this. When Android users chatting via RCS (Rich Communication Service) allow an iPhone user to join the group, the same thing happens and the service is downgraded from RCS to SMS. Character limits return, image and video quality drops, read receipts and typing indicators are disabled.

The good news is that Sunbird Messaging will be free, at least for the foreseeable future. Sunbird writes, “We don’t have any reason to turn on paid subscriptions right now just based on our goals. Right now we have one goal in mind to give iMessage on Android to millions of users. Let’s connect the world first.”

Sunbird will work over Wi-Fi and cellular networks although you could be hit with data usage if Wi-Fi is not available. The platform takes less than a minute to set up and you’ll need less than 5 minutes to add iMessage to your Android phone. Since this will be a global platform, the app will also be available in Samsung’s Galaxy App Store and Huawei’s AppGallery.

A unified inbox will give app users access to their WhatsApp, FB Messenger (Meta), SMS accounts. Eventually, support will be added allowing users to see their inboxes for Telegram, Discord, RCS, Slack, and more.