Comment on Pressure grows on Apple to open up iMessage

• echodot@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  You can’t use an Apple watch on Android because it requires the Apple watch app to sync with the phone and that won’t work on Android.

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  • nikscha@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yes because iPhones have ✨magic chips✨ inside which only Apple has… I’m pretty sure the apple watch communicates with Bluetooth. Apple just deliberately shuts Android out.

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    • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Apple originally looked into it but decided not to because they wanted to maintain their ecosystem. Same story as usual.

      I have no idea why the above guy seems to think that Apple watches work on androids

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      • nikscha@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        It doesn’t work on Android, I know that. But I’ll bet you 1000€ that Apple could enabled cross-platform compatibility with an OTA update.

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  • lud@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That’s pretty stupid. I doubt many Android users would switch to Iphone you for a smartwatch, but a few would absolutely buy apple watches if they could.

    I guess the point is that they don’t want iphone users to switch to android since that would make their watch practically useless.

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