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  • A Google executive has expanded on a solution to iMessage’s poor handling of Android users.
  • Hiroshi Lockheimer says that Apple should implement RCS as a fallback option instead of SMS.

Google called out Apple over the weekend for benefitting from “peer pressure” and “bullying” over iMessage’s green bubble/blue bubble feature. Google and senior vice-president Hiroshi Lockheimer both noted at the time that a solution exists, and the executive has now elaborated on this.