Apple looks to be gearing up to port iPad’s built-in Messages app over to Mac. The move could immediately fix Messages’ biggest problems on Mac, including its glaring lack of features.
The desktop version of the app still does not support iMessage apps, Apple Pay, message effects and other key features. Evidence of the move has been uncovered in leaked iOS 14 code, indicating it could be executed this fall when Apple drops its next major macOS update.
Messages on iOS has been a major focus for Apple for many years. It’s now one of the things that ties people to iPhone and makes it more difficult to switch to Android. On Mac, however, it feels like an app that has long been forgotten.
It’s not just that Messages on Mac looks and feels outdated; it’s that it is outdated. It supports hardly any of the features that makes Messages great, and it seems Apple has had no interest in fixing that in recent macOS updates.
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