Like every year, the days before the September keynote there were many rumors about what Apple would present at that event. It was already known that they would present the iPhone 7 and the Apple Watch Series 2, but there was also a rumor that many users had been waiting for for a long time: iMessage for Android it would come at last. After the event, Apple's Messages application remained only available for their devices, but new information ensures that Tim Cook and company did consider launching the version for Google's mobile operating system.
The new information comes from the Daring Fireball blog, where John Gruber wrote yesterday on iOS Messages talking about the importance of Apple's messaging app in the United States. He also mentioned that FaceTime has become so important that it appears many times on television, sometimes even by name. And iMessage for Android? Well, according to Gruber, Apple did value the possibility.
iMessage will not come to Android ... for now
I've heard of some birdies that circulated around the company iMessage mockups for Android, with interface styles ranging from the iMessage app for iOS to a pure Material Design type. iMessage for Android might never see the light of day, but the existence of detailed mockups strongly suggests that there is no "sure no" to this claim.
In Gruber's words, We cannot say that Apple's messaging application will never reach Android. On the other hand, a Cupertino executive said after the September keynote that it would not make sense to offer a strong point of sales of their devices on other platforms, but this could be meaningless if, for example, we can make money transfers to our contacts with the application. Do you think / want iMessage for Android to become a reality?