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This is a technical limitation, not a feature."},{"question":"Is Google Messages encrypted like iMessage?","answer":"Google Messages uses RCS (Rich Communication Services) encryption when both users have compatible devices and carriers supporting RCS. However, RCS adoption is only around 60% in the US as of 2025, so many conversations still fall back to unencrypted SMS. iMessage, by contrast, encrypts 100% of iMessage-to-iMessage conversations by default."},{"question":"Can I use iMessage on Android?","answer":"No. iMessage is exclusive to Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and Mac). There is no official iMessage app for Android. Apple has not released iMessage on Android, though it did allow web access to iCloud.com for account management."},{"question":"Will Google Messages work between iPhone and Android users?","answer":"Google Messages works on Android only, so iPhone users cannot use it. However, when an iPhone user with RCS capability sends a message to an Android user with Google Messages and RCS enabled, they will see some richer features (reactions, replies, read receipts). Without RCS, messages fall back to SMS."},{"question":"Which messaging app is more private?","answer":"iMessage provides stronger default privacy with universal end-to-end encryption for all iMessage conversations, but offers no granular controls. Google Messages offers more privacy customization (disable read receipts per conversation) but provides E2E encryption only over RCS, which is not yet universally available. 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