Similarly, you can't share Wi-Fi networks across Android and macOS. For instance, you can't use an Apple Watch or your phone to unlock your MacBook. You are bound to miss out on some exclusive Apple-only features if you're not using an iPhone and a MacBook together. You can even get dedicated apps for them on Mac, so it makes it very easy to get things done on my phone and then continue them on my MacBook. You can get the same results with Microsoft Office apps, too, since they also sync between devices via the cloud.
They all get synced via the cloud, so I can access the most recently updated copy seamlessly on any device. I have all my important documents and files tied to a Google account, meaning I can access them on pretty much any device, including my MacBook Air. A workaround for this is relying on other cloud storage platforms to sync your documents and photos across different devices. You may not use it all the time, but being able to open and start editing a document on your iPhone and continue the task on, say, your iPad with Handoff is quite convenient. Handoff is one of the tent-pole features on Apple devices that makes Android users feel like they're missing out on something magical. Google Messages web app is surprisingly good and works flawlessly to deliver and receive text messages from all your contacts, regardless of if they use Android or iOS.Ĭontinuity and file sharing: The Handoff alternative. Right, Elon?Īnyway, if you're willing to look past the whole bubble situation, then I suggest using the Google Messages web app on Mac to see and reply to all the text messages that you receive on your phone. I'd love to see the day when Google and Apple shrug it all off and let us have the best of both worlds, but I think I have a better chance of going to Mars. This is also why the texts sent via iMessage show up as blue bubbles on iPhones, while their SMS/MMS counterparts appear in green. This means an Android user's texts to someone with an iPhone show up as an SMS or MMS message. You can't get iMessage on Android, and Apple won't adopt RCS, either. It's 2022, and both Google and Apple are still going back and forth over a convoluted messaging system. Messaging: The blue and green bubble dilemma But there are ways to make things work if you don't want to give up your trusty Android phone just to have a seamless experience.
Apple still favors its own ecosystem, so you won't have the same consistent experience iPhone and Mac users enjoy. If you know a thing or two about Apple, then you're probably aware of how challenging it can be to make its Mac computers play nice with Android phones.
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