Why green text bubble stigma is part of the anti-trust case against Apple Blue bubbles versus green bubbles. In texting it's the difference between iPhone owners and Android phone users.

The issue of "green bubble shaming" came up in the Justice Department's lawsuit against Apple last week. The tech giant says it plans to address the problem.

There are a few reasons why text bubbles show up in green instead of the typical blue. Any text that is from an Android instead of an iPhone, for example, will show up in green.

The Justice Department called out Apple for afflicting Android smartphone users with the dreaded “green bubble” in text messages — calling it a mark of “social stigma, exclusion and blame ...

IMessage also indicates non-iPhone users by showing their messages in green, a decision many people interpret as an attempt to shame them in front of their blue-bubble peers.

Apple's iOS 18 will support RCS this fall, improving texting between iPhone and Android users. But Android users will still show up as green text bubbles when messaging iPhones.

The blue iMessage text bubble is meant to tell the user when they are talking to another iPhone user. However, this handy tool has turned into a social weapon used by teens and others to shun non ...

Android’s “Finding Love With Ziwe” attempts to bring awareness to iPhone users in the U.S. that their bias against green text bubbles could mean that they are “overlooking perfectly eligible Android ...

Apple intends to adopt a popular encryption standard promoted by Google, which may finally eliminate green bubbles on the iPhone. The company announced on Thursday that it will add support for ...

For iPhone users, this new, somewhat hidden iMessage feature means the frustrations Apple has imposed on green bubble conversations until now will largely become a thing of the past.

Further, on Android, RCS is represented by a dark blue bubble, whereas SMS is shown in lighter blue. Apple enabling RCS on iPhone will undeniably make communication between Android and iPhone users ...