Jiří Filip Microsoft announced today through a press release something that we would probably hardly expect from it. Specifically, we are talking about adding support for sending and receiving Apple iMessages on Windows computers, specifically through the Phone Link application, which until now only allowed you to receive and initiate calls, send and receive classic text messages, and view incoming notifications from Windows OS iPhone. With a bit of exaggeration, however, it can be said that for Apple it is actually nothing major.
Gallery
Although Apple has been resisting the launch of iMessages on Android, Windows and other platforms for a long time, which is why one might think that Microsoft's current move won't smell too bad, but there are many buts. Apple does not like the compromises that Microsoft's solution is full of. On Windows, it will not be possible to send photos and videos within iMessages, for example, it will not be possible to communicate in group conversations or it will not be possible to view the complete chat history of a given thread (in other words, any synchronization with iCloud will be missing). And that's where the dog is buried. Although the Windows solution is certainly nice on the one hand, it certainly cannot be perceived as a full-fledged iMessages, or even half-hearted - after all, photo sharing goes through this platform on a large scale. Because of this alone, Apple has absolutely no reason to worry that the news could cause - even a small - shock among Mac users.
In addition, the Californian giant can enjoy another thing, but it is a bit malicious. It is specifically the fact that the Phone Link application from Microsoft's workshop, which can now connect an iPhone to a Windows PC in a certain way, does not have a very large user base, even though it already offered quite interesting functions. So it seems that Windows users simply don't care about a deeper connection with iPhones, and there's not much to be surprised about. If they have not "grown up" on product connectivity, they will hardly like it now, no matter how good it is. And even if it were almost perfect, we still have the aspect of necessary settings, which is something that many users simply won't do, even if it were the simplest. Therefore, until Apple itself "puts its hand to work" and decides to bring iMessages officially through its applications to other platforms, it can generally be assumed that all other attempts will be overlooked by users.
