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Goodbye green bubbles: the Android user’s survival guide in an Apple world

Goodbye green bubbles: the Android user’s survival guide in an Apple world


Updated October 28, 2023 at 2:45 p.m. ET

It’s hard being the guy with the green bubble.

Timofey Galyukov has often felt digital exclusion since buying his first smartphone in 2016, a Google Pixel running Android. His close-knit group of iPhone-equipped friends plan their basketball games and weekend outings using AppleIt is iMessage. They would leave Galyukov out because they didn’t want his Android phone to turn their chat bubbles green.

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