Nothing Chats App Lets Users Send iMessage From Android Smartphone

Nothing Chats app will be initially available to only Phone 2 users in the US, Canada, UK, and EU, starting November 17.

Written by Richa Sharma, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna | Updated: 14 November 2023 23:00 IST

Nothing Chats App Lets Users Send iMessage From Android Smartphone

Photo Credit: Nothing

Apart from colour of bubble, Nothing Chats has onboarded several other features of iMessage service

Highlights

Nothing Chats app is powered by the messaging platform Sunbird
All the messages will be end-to-end encrypted
Nothing Chats is currently in its beta phase

Nothing Chats, a new app introduced by the UK-based tech company today, will now blur the lines between iMessage and Android SMS with a blue bubble for text messages. Nothing has shared that it has added iMessage compatibility to Nothing Phone 2, letting users of the smartphone send messages that will be displayed in iMessage-like blue bubbles. The app is powered by the messaging platform Sunbird. Nothing Chats app is currently in its beta phase and will be initially available to users in select countries only.

In an announcement today, Nothing revealed its new app — Nothing Chats. So far, any text message sent from an Android smartphone to an iPhone is displayed in a green bubble, while messages sent from iPhone or iPad to another iOS devices are shown in a blue bubble. With Nothing Chats, messages that will be sent from Nothing Phone 2, the company's latest smartphone, to an iOS device, will now be displayed in a blue bubble, similar to iMessage.

Apart from the colour of the bubble, Nothing has also onboarded several other features from Apple's iMessage service. These include group messaging, live typing indicators, media sharing at full resolution, read receipts as well as responding with reactions.

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As per Nothing, the app will be initially available to only Phone 2 users in the US, Canada, UK, and EU, starting November 17. However, it may gradually be made available to other regions of the world. The company also mentioned that improvements and updates to the app will come in the future.

To use the Nothing Chats app, users can download it from the Google Play Store and log in using an existing Apple ID username or sign up with a new account. The company has also assured that all the messages will be end-to-end encrypted considering the safety and security of user data.

Will the Nothing Phone 2 serve as the successor to the Phone 1, or will the two co-exist? We discuss the company's recently launched handset and more on the latest episode of Orbital, the Gadgets 360 podcast. Orbital is available on Spotify, Gaana, JioSaavn, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music and wherever you get your podcasts.

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Nothing Phone 2

REVIEW
KEY SPECS
NEWS

Design
Display
Software
Performance
Battery Life
Camera
Value for Money

Good
Iconic design, unique notification system
Excellent software
Very good battery life
Improved main camera
Slick system performance

Bad
Average low-light performance with secondary cameras
Video recording quality needs improvement
No bundled charger
Top variant isn't great value

Read detailed Nothing Phone 2 review

Display 6.70-inch

Processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1

Front Camera 32-megapixel

Rear Camera 50-megapixel + 50-megapixel

RAM 8GB, 12GB

Storage 128GB, 256GB, 512GB

Battery Capacity 4700mAh

OS Android 13

Resolution 1080x2412 pixels

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