can you have a droid and use imessage on mac

#Can you have a droid and use imessage on mac android#

I could get a third-party app to do that for my Pixel, but a native cast-like experience would definitely be faster, more seamless, and less buggy. Then there's the new Airplay to Mac that would instantly mirror my phone to the Mac. Shortcuts can be created and managed from Mac, iPad, and iPhone. It's a completely subjective impression, and you might disagree, but this is what guides my choice.

#Can you have a droid and use imessage on mac android#

It's tough to explain to those who are completely entrenched in Apple's ecosystem or those who have gone for the Windows and Android combination, but the gist is that MacOS gives me lots of control while getting out of my way in the same way that Android does, which can't be said about Windows or iOS. The reasoning behind my deliberate Mac plus Android choice is that I find Android's philosophy resembles MacOS's more than iOS ever did or does.

But every year at WWDC, Apple takes it upon itself to lure us in, and it's getting harder and harder to resist the temptation. Just here on Android Police, six other colleagues straddle the ecosystem barrier and strive for a cross-platform digital existence like me.

I felt like an outlier for a while, until I started meeting more like-minded people: Mac users who couldn't fathom the idea of iOS on their phone and chose Android instead. I've been a Mac user since early 2008, months before the first Android device was announced and three years before I bought my first Android phone.