"iMessage doesn't have single click to video, but it's also automatic."
I don't think i got what you are saying... What do you mean automatic?
I don't think i got what you are saying... What do you mean automatic?
So, if setting up a phone for nana, you take it out of the box, set her up with an Apple ID, put it back in the box, send it to her, she takes it out of the box, and then you call or text her, all she has to do is answer the call. No futzing with downloading the right app, no having to make sure the person on the other end is using the same chat service; just doing it.
A friend on iOS think he has sent you a (SMS) text message.
You don't get it on your (non-apple) phone.
You don't get it on your (non-apple) work computer.
Three weeks later you log on to your iMac/mac-mini/whatever that you hardly ever use to find messages from whoever uses apple phones and has your email address on their contacts. It turns out that logging in to your desktop PC can link your AppleId (email address) to iMessage and start swallowing your text messages. You can only rectify this setting on an apple computer.
(Yes, I know I'm an edge case but I will never see iMessage as a good thing, walled gardens can suck).