Phone Link has long been available for syncing data with Android handsets, and the iPhone version seems to offer many of the same features. Microsoft announced the new Phone Link for iOS app launching as an early preview for Windows Insiders. However, now it seems Microsoft is getting into the game with its Phone Link app, which is gaining support for iPhone users - and with it, limited support for iMessage. These are cumbersome solutions, to be clear, requiring a relay device such as an always-on Mac or jailbroken iPhone, but they do work reasonably well if you’re willing to put in the effort.
This creates opportunities for ambitious third-party apps to provide iMessage sync to non-Apple devices. While Apple isn’t about to open up its proprietary and encrypted iMessage infrastructure to third-party apps, it’s more of a challenge for the company to lock down its devices to block access to iMessage from other apps running on those devices. Apple executives know it keeps people in the Apple universe, and the company is certainly under no obligation to make its services available on other platforms. The company’s powerful messaging platform is reasonably secure, seamlessly integrated into the user experience, and syncs beautifully between Macs, iPhones, iPads, and the Apple Watch.Īs great as that experience is for folks who are all-in on Apple devices, it can be pretty jarring for those who want or need to use other platforms like Windows. He's been gaming since the Atari 2600 days and still struggles to comprehend the fact he can play console quality titles on his pocket computer.It’s hard to argue that iMessage is one of the best things about living entirely in the Apple ecosystem.
Oliver also covers mobile gaming for iMore, with Apple Arcade a particular focus. Current expertise includes iOS, macOS, streaming services, and pretty much anything that has a battery or plugs into a wall. Since then he's seen the growth of the smartphone world, backed by iPhone, and new product categories come and go. Having grown up using PCs and spending far too much money on graphics card and flashy RAM, Oliver switched to the Mac with a G5 iMac and hasn't looked back. At iMore, Oliver is involved in daily news coverage and, not being short of opinions, has been known to 'explain' those thoughts in more detail, too. He has also been published in print for Macworld, including cover stories. Oliver Haslam has written about Apple and the wider technology business for more than a decade with bylines on How-To Geek, PC Mag, iDownloadBlog, and many more.
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