The Best Messaging Apps on Android Are Still Worse Than IMessage
Messaging on Android is a mess.
It’s easy for iPhone users. iMessage is pre-installed and provides more than even the best messaging apps on Android. iMessage has end-to-end encryption, supports SMS, and is packed with features ranging from useless (Animoji) to useful (Memoji). One iPhone user exchanges messages with another seamlessly, securely and conveniently.
The same cannot be said for Android users.
In the video above, I tested a number of popular messaging apps on Android to try and replicate the iMessage experience. I’ve found many that come close, but none achieve the perfect combination of seamlessness, safety, and convenience.
Since there is no single standard messaging app on Android, users are forced to use multiple messaging apps and remember which of their contacts are using which. If privacy-conscious users want to stop using unencrypted SMS, they must convince their friends and family to switch to safer apps (and actually commit to using them).
Watch the full video to see why these are the best messaging apps every Android user needs, even though they each have their own pros and cons:
I would love to hear your Android messaging experience. Let me know in the comments below which messaging apps you use and why. Did you manage to convince your friends and family to switch to the application of your choice?
TL; DR Let’s just use Signal, cool? Chill.