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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 2 months ago* (last edited 2 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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[–] Zak@lemmy.world 118 points 2 months ago (18 children)

SMS/MMS has really low file size limits, and iPhones may downscale a little more aggressively than required.

Just pick an internet based messaging service. I like Signal, but they all work.

[–] AlternateRoute@lemmy.ca 46 points 2 months ago (17 children)

The next version of iOS should add support for RCS which should allow for cross platform larger images as well.

[–] Khrux@ttrpg.network 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Do you mean should add RCS as in they're expected to, or should add RCS as in "that would be wise"?

[–] AlternateRoute@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

It is expected, it is already in the betas but may also require carriers to enable it as some beta testers found it wasn’t available to them initially.

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