Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Andy Burns Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android,misc.phone.mobile.iphone Subject: Re: whatsapp interoperability Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2024 17:02:23 +0100 Lines: 22 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net QEDmH8WJnuFS+feetCTt2Axxux8KMNFPBssJAOAbo3pgVuCSqp Cancel-Lock: sha1:YXe2p3BanovnGNOOJmJpoRzJe8g= sha256:CBCuT0unc0gknPrdlgrbVSqyeIHL3GRiupPf3pZ93t0= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: Bytes: 1789 Andrew wrote: > Given your helpful information above, that means the kids & I will get... > 1. Notifications when people try to communicate with me > 2. Combined or separate inboxes being my choice > 3. Rich-messaging features such as reactions, direct replies, > typing indicators, and read receipts > 4. With later inclusion of rich-messaging features such as > the option to create groups and voice & video calling > > Is that a good summary of the article's content? Seems to be, plus there's a choice on the WhatsApp end to enable 3rd party messengers per service ... not exactly what s|b wants, but might get it in reciprocal fashion? > If so, anyone know if that applies to both Android & to iOS? > (it probably does, but Apple has a habit of including useful > things only when and particularly only where they are mandated). Does it apply outside the EU?