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My wife has an iPhone. I have a Samsung S23. Why do videos she texts me look like super low res shit?? Can iPhones not text videos? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Edit: NOTE, I am the receiver of the texts.

So many people asking me to have my wife do something different on her end.

Beloved, she is on iPhone because she doesn't want to do anything "weird." She is texting from her phone number using her texting app. That's what's going to happen.

Now, why can't I get iMessage on my android phone? If it's just a messenger app why not make it available for Android?

I'd use it.

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[–] darkstar@sh.itjust.works 26 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Why are you still using sms in 2024?....

[–] skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 32 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Don't worry, Google's own Messages app does the same thing as iMessage, but using a different (and on paper more open) standard that isn't compatible with iMessage (yet, I think the EU is forcing Apple's hand).

[–] thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago

the only reason Android was locked out of imessage was Apple, the only reason rcs is locked out of ios is Apple. it's all Apple trying to keep the wall around its garden.

[–] jrubal1462@mander.xyz 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I'm not OP but I might as well be. My family has a group chat that exists almost exclusively to send pics/videos of the kids to each other. It's a mixed group of android/iOS, so the videos come through with 12 pixels. I have begged and pleaded for every key to switch to telegram, GroupMe, Gchat, Facebook... ANYTHING!!

But they're all on iPhone because they specifically don't want to be tweaking or customizing anything in their phones.

[–] _edge@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 months ago

Tell them about the app store

There's an app for that

[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I fixed this, tell the grandmother, I'll only send the pictures etc via signal.

Set it up for her, put it on the home screen.

[–] jrubal1462@mander.xyz 2 points 3 months ago

The grandmother (my Mom) is probably the 2nd most tech-savy person in the chat. She has dug in on this on my sister's side. It's not a huge deal. I've accepted that I just need to wait till the defaults change. Any video I really care about I make her send straight to my wife.

[–] jrubal1462@mander.xyz 1 points 3 months ago

Also, I did set my mom with an account on my immich server, but last time I had her phone iOS wasn't playing nice with the automatic backup. I think maybe I'll take another swing at this.