Apple Messages Won’t Play Nice With Android Anytime Soon

The quirks that come when you send a text to an phone from another phone are probably what you have experienced. Videos sent between the two systems are often compressed to the point that they are unwatchable. More people are pushing for the two platforms to get along because of the lack of clean Interoperability.

Tim Cook answered questions from the audience at the Code Conference. LiQuan Hunt asked if Apple would ever adopt the same messaging standard asandroid or at least make them play nice with one another Hunt said that texting with his mother is hard because of the lack of communication. Cook told him to buy his mom an Apple product.

It was a joke, but it added to the tensions between the two phone companies. A month ago, a desperate marketing campaign was launched by the company to convince Apple to adopt the standard messaging protocol. Cook has made it clear that won't happen soon.

In the world of consumer tech, there are a lot of important news events this week.

Brazil and Apple are going to fight.

The environmental impact of shipping tens of millions of chargers out to people who might find them superfluous and just throw them away is what prompted Apple to stop including them in packaging. Some governments were ruffled by the move.

If the devices do not have a charging cable in the box, Brazil will ban the sale of the device. It fined Apple over a million dollars. The order is being appealed.

The market cap of Apple is more than one million times the fine. Brazil's move could set a precedent for other countries to do the same thing. Laws in the European Union have led to Apple opening repair programs and tinkering with its phones. The company may consider Brazil a threat, but not the only one. The S21 and S22 phones don't have a charging port. Brazil hasn't gone after that company yet, but we'll see how it goes if Apple's appeal continues to grow.

Eco directions are added to the maps by the search engine.

There is a feature in the US that allows users to choose more eco-friendly routes. It is not always the fastest route to a destination, but it is the most fuel efficient.

Some new features and eco-friendly routes are available in Europe. You can now incorporate your vehicle's fuel type. If you choose to run your car on gas or diesel, Maps will figure that into its route figuring.