The Android team at Google is once again trying to persuade Apple to adopt the RCS messaging standard and is using Drake’s song to express his idea.
The company sent the song Texts Go Green to the Canadian rapper to complain about the long-standing phenomenon when iPhone users exchange messages with their Android counterparts.
This would no longer be the case if both mobile operating systems ran on the same RCS standard, which Google claims offers superior photo resolution, support for larger file sizes, and many other benefits.
Drake’s song is actually about the phenomenon where one iPhone user blocks another from connecting to them via iMessage, so the messages are green instead of blue. However, this did not stop Google from using the new song in a “video explanatory video” posted on Twitter.
“The song for Android Texts Go Green is real fun, it’s about the phenomenon when an iPhone user is blocked or sends text messages to someone who doesn’t have an iPhone,” says a voice behind. It’s pretty rude anyway. Only if some super talented engineering team at Apple fixed it. Because this is a problem that only Apple can solve. They just have to take RCS, actually. This will also make sending text messages more secure. But I’m just saying a great song. “
Google’s sarcastic video is the company’s latest attempt to get Apple to adopt RCS messages this year, with the company even going so far as to call it “harassment.”
Android CEO Hiroshi Lockheimer said in January: “Locking Apple’s iMessage is a documented strategy. Using peer pressure and harassment as a way to sell products is dishonest for a company that has humanity and fairness as a core part of its marketing. There are standards today to correct this. “
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