AirMessage

A Google user

6 years ago

Huge fan of this app! Still playing with setting up a dedicated server. To all those who are giving a poor rating to this app, it is not possible to make a stand-alone app for imessage without Apple making it themselves and thats not going to happen. This work around, while still in beta, is a great alternative. Setting up a cheap server on macOS is really easy. Thank you for this app!

Scott Hilt

2 years ago

This app/service 8s nearly perfect. This app has been a lifesaver in my switch to Android full-time. My family and friends haven't noticed a thing because to them nothing as actually changed. As I mentioned before this app is ALMOST perfect. If it's at all possbile... PLEASE add support for the long-press reactions. I do missed using those.

Ryan Brennan

3 years ago

Edit: I just want to thank the devs for everything they do to maintain this app (and now website!!!). It seems to get better & more stable every year. it's made my life so much easier. Original Review 2019: Switching over to Android has been great in every other regard except for texting, which has been made difficult by my friends' persistence on only using imessage and their hate towards green bubbles. This app has allowed me back into that world and so far it has worked almost flawlessly.

A Google user

6 years ago

So far it is really good for keeping up with text messages. I have had just a few issues. With the Read Receipts, even tho I have this selected, people are telling me they cant see when i have viewed the message. Syncing past messages seems to give me and error or just clear out all of my messages. Sending and receiving images doesn't seem to work 9/10. I know that seems like a lot of negative however for just messages I am just surprised at how well the core function works. I hope the other things will be fixed over time. Also, if you have any option to receive donations please make that known. I think you would get a lot of support. I know I would help the cause.

A Google user

6 years ago

The most difficult thing for me was learning Mac OSX on the $50 mac mini I bought for this... never really touched a mac other than a few hackintoshes I have built for friends. In a word: Brilliant! Complainers need to realize the scope of what has been accomplished here. This is SO good. For me it was a must to remove the Connected To Server persistent notification. Also every time I go from wifi to cellular I get two rings (or vibrations) that I was very happy when I found the toggle for them

Ahilan Hatti

2 years ago

This app helped me switch to Android. If it wasn't for this app, I'd still be using an iPhone right now! Hopefully apps like this will kill Apple's iMessage plan, and eventually convince them to adopt RCS! I do have some issues with the server disconnecting. Sometimes I have to log into my remote desktop and restart the server from my phone. Other than this, everything else works fantastic.

Pedro Perez Esquivel

4 years ago

It works great, no issues whatsoever. There's no character limit like on SMS and you can send videos that DON'T look so blurry like on the default Android messenger app. 5/5 experience. ALSO: About the whole "Mac computer required" I bought a used one on OfferUp for $80 and it even worked out with handling online classes this year. I have all my videos/pictures, and music saved on an SD card and iPhones don't support expandable storage so I won't be going back to iPhones any time soon

Ryan Rivas

1 year ago

AirMessage soes what it says it says, it allows iMessage to work on Android. The app is missing some modern features compared to most other messaging app but it does the basics perfectly. After reading the about me information on the developers website, I can not ask for a better app. Thanks Cole! Note: The app does not work out of the box and requires some setup on the end users end. Information in detail is found on the developers website.

A Google user

6 years ago

I recently made the switch back to the dark side, and was pleasantly surprised to know that this app existed. The app is super clean! I really wish it had SMS functionality too so I could just use it as my default messaging app, but maybe in a future update. Doesn't take away from how well it works now. Was pretty easy to setup, and its always great to now have iMessage functionality wherever you go ☺️

Noah Lake

2 years ago

Great app. Allows me to chat with my friends who have iPhones, and still havey personal luxury of using Android. I use it as a separate app than my default, even though there are options for that, as at some times it isn't entirely reliable. I found that if you get your apple friends to add your icloud address to your contact, it will always look normal on their side. Normal messages go through well, even though there's some times I need to restart my server in order to send iMessages.

A Google user

6 years ago

It works exactly as described. You do need to make sure you update your energy preferences to keep your mac from turning off. Requests - Integrated SMS support. - Change the sending message sound to mimic iMessage. - See when the contact is typing. - Change the "New Message" workflow. The next arrow in the upper right is unintuitive and hard to reach on large devices. - Open the contact when the profile pic is clicked -Swipe to Archive / Delete Great work!!

A Google user

5 years ago

Works pretty good for what it is, but the app does have its shortcomings. Pros - Messaging is almost instant (I recommend the Java startup), group chats work great, if your Mac is on High Sierra or up you can see tapback reactions, and photos, videos, and voice messages send okay. Almost 5/5 Cons - Can't send tapback or see subject lines, port forwarding isn't always available or working (but luckily there are workarounds on the subreddit), and not everyone can have a separate Mac running 24/7.

A Google user

6 years ago

I prefer Android, but am required to carry a work-issued iPhone. While I can get my email on my Android phone as well as forward my calls, my dispatch pages were locked to my iPhone due to being unable to auto forward them. This setup is the solution to my problem! Both SMS and iMessage forwards equally well and very quickly. Running the server on a used Mac Mini 2010 I picked up on eBay solely for this purpose.

A Google user

5 years ago

Works fairly well for the most part, standard messages send without a problem, pictures are usually fine, videos however are a struggle for me even if I'm on a 5ghz connection on the same router as the Mac that's on a wired ethernet connection, just fail to send sometimes and usually get quite compressed. I also can't watch videos I recieve directly from the app I have to save them to my phone.

A Google user

6 years ago

This app works excellently. The interface looks great and it does a good job of re-creating the iMessage interface on Android. Yes, you need a Mac but that's the case with any iMessage workaround on Android. I had used another app in the past (weMessage) and AirMessage is far superior in every way. Better interface, less bugs, loads all messages and content without issue, installation on the computer is easy, etc. Big thanks to the developer for making an amazing app!

Kevin V

3 years ago

My friends stopped complaining to me about being green(or was it blue), so major plus, but the program is pretty inconsistent. I cannot send pictures and GIFs; and, every once in a while I cannot see pictures sent to me in the message area and I have to save them to my phone then open it up outside the app. I am assuming that reactions to messages is a hard restriction to overcome because that is not a feature, but wish it was.

A Google user

6 years ago

This app is amazing. Lets you send and receive iMessages and send and receive media. I wish there was typing feedback and maybe a sticker pack or two but this is obviously in development and so far its awesome! The server is reliable, messages send and receive smoothly, it's great! To everyone complaining that they need a Mac... Please stop. That isn't the app or the app developers fault. You literally need an Apple device for iMessages, and this is as close to a workaround as is possible.