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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    Its due to compression of the video in order to fit on a MMS message, which is very small. Android uses RCS as a new message standard that can send bigger files but Apple has yet to add it to their OS. Its similar to how Apple uses iMessage to do the same, however this is not a standard and is locked to only apple devices.

    Apple is supposedly adding support for RCS during the new iOS update but until then you can use a different messaging app to send better/larger files.

    I recommend Signal as it is easy to sign up and start using while also being private.

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      +1 for Signal. I converted everyone in my friends and family circle to it …except one person, but I just ignore their texts.

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        I like and use signal, but of course the problem is convincing someone else to start using it in order to send you a message.

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          I’d hope that’s not terribly hard when the people in question are married to each other.

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      Also messenger apps like Signal often have a setting to send higher quality (less compressed) videos which are bigger in size.

      In signal it’s Settings > Data and storage > Sent media qualify

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        I think you are confusing private with anonymous. One can be private without being anonymous.