At its Build developer conference this year, Microsoft revealed a new “Your Phone” application that it hopes will make iOS and Android devices work better with Windows 10 PCs. The app bring things such as photos, texts, and more directly from your smartphone to your Windows PC.
One key missing feature, however, is iMessage support – but Microsoft says it would love to work with Apple to change that…
In a thorough interview with The Verge, Microsoft’s Joe Belfiore and Shilpa Ranganathan explain that some things are harder to bring to the new Your Phone application than others. Messages is one of those.
While the Your Phone application will work with photos and notifications, Ranganathan says Apple makes it challenging to add support for Messages. Essentially, the vision that she offers is full support for iMessage on Windows via the Your Phone application.
Ranganathan explains that she wants to bring iMessage support to Windows 10 in a way that is respectful to the ecosystem, but also one that makes for an enjoyable experience for users:
“Apple does make it a tad harder for messages, but we’re very willing to work with Apple,” Ranganathan says.
[...] Nevertheless, as The Verge notes, it certainly seems that the new Your Phone platform will launch with better support for Android than iPhone – but something tells me Apple doesn’t care.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by driverless on Sunday May 13 2018, @11:25AM (7 children)
So Microsoft is kindly offering to take one of Apple's killer apps away from them and put it on Windows? Wow, what an offer! Who could resist?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 13 2018, @03:36PM
Embrace, extend, extinguish!
(Score: 0, Troll) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday May 13 2018, @04:12PM (4 children)
Yeah, fuck interoperability. Crapple faggots want to remain special snowflakes.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 13 2018, @05:35PM (1 child)
Proprietary junk protocols on proprietary walled-garden platforms are something to be applauded, aren't they?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 14 2018, @12:53AM
What walled garden? Apple doesn't have one. Where is the wall? In the development kits they give for Macs, iPhones, iPads etc? In the portfiles area? It isn't a walled garden buy a thin low fence that anyone who can actually code can step over.
(Score: 2) by frojack on Sunday May 13 2018, @09:06PM
Yeah, we need Microsoft as a back-door agent for the NSA, otherwise: terrorists.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Gaaark on Sunday May 13 2018, @10:51PM
The way MS fucks with everyone and everything they come in contact with, who can blame Apple (or anyone) for saying "Nuh uh!"
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by Demena on Monday May 14 2018, @12:30AM
And I am sure that the "security" will have to be "modified". Fuck you Microsoft, just hurry up and die.