iMessage feature for Android

I don't use it very much but Whatsapp has that and it is the biggest Android IM app.

 

Hangouts is the official Google IM app.

The "messaging" app on most androids is SMS/text messaging, which is different from Instant messaging

 

Hangouts was intended to be the all in one messaging app. Hangouts can be used for regular texting/SMS, instant messaging and video chat/video calls (group video chat also). However, Google has hinted recently that they will be removing the SMS portion of the app sometime soon.

There are no other features in the regular messaging apps on most Androids other than sms texting

 

iMessage isn't a texting app. It's a IM app that also happens to work with SMS. Google offered this with Hangouts but seems not many Android users seems to have bit the feature.

 

I looked at it once, and said "Hell no" and deleted Hangouts.

 

Yeah. Anybody hacking apple can see who you were texting and what you were talking about. Look at what happened with the Fappening.

 

never heard of 'Fappening' but I lead a sheltered life

I don't look for much outside my little circle of apps if they 'do the job'

 

I never heard of "fappening" either.

 

Fappening was the huge celebrity iPhone hack. Icloud got hacked and tons of celeb pics were released (very private ones). Jennifer Lawrence was most vocal about this, as she was the most invaded.

 

Google just bought Jibe and they want RCS to be the future of messaging (text, SMS, MMS, IM etc)

http://recode.net/2015/09/30/google-is-acquiring-rich-messaging-startup-jibe-mobile/

The Jibe app is currently called Messaging Plus.

They should just merge Messaging Plus and Hangouts.

http://androidforums.com/threads/go...ging-solution-looking-to-replace-sms.1002336/

 

I found that messaging plus https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=msgplus.jibe.sca&hl=en_GB but it says not compatible with any of my devices. Is this on an invite only at the moment?

 

I really don't know. What phone do you have?

 

I have LG G4, the list of my phones is all of my past phones too, pretty much all good phones for their times so it can't be compatibility, I thought it must have discontinued but then I saw reviews given this month so figured it must be invite only or something?