✔️ = feature is supported
❌ = feature is planned, but not yet supported
🛑 = feature is not possible
Feature |
macOS |
iOS |
macOS (no SIP) |
Plain text |
✔️ |
✔️ |
✔️ |
Media/files |
✔️ |
✔️ |
✔️ |
Replies |
🛑 |
? |
✔️ |
Reactions |
🛑 |
? |
✔️ |
Read receipts |
🛑 |
? |
✔️ |
Typing notifications |
🛑 |
? |
✔️ |
Feature |
macOS |
iOS |
macOS (no SIP) |
Plain text |
✔️ |
✔️ |
✔️ |
Media/files |
✔️ |
✔️ |
✔️ |
Replies |
✔️ |
❌ |
✔️ |
Tapbacks |
✔️ |
❌ |
✔️ |
Own read receipts |
✔️ |
❌ |
✔️ |
Other read receipts |
✔️ |
❌ |
✔️ |
Typing notifications |
🛑 |
✔️ |
✔️ |
User metadata |
✔️ |
✔️ |
✔️ |
Group metadata |
✔️ |
✔️ |
✔️ |
Backfilling history |
✔️ |
✔️ |
✔️ |
- Plain text (SMS)
- Media (MMS)
- Group chats
- Backfilling history from the Android SMS database.
- Storing messages in the Android SMS database
(so you can still switch to a different SMS app).
- RCS (there's no API for it, it's exclusive to Google's Messages app).
- Any features that SMS/MMS don't support
(replies, reactions, read receipts, typing notifications).