{"id":14996,"date":"2020-05-24T14:05:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-24T14:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2566239"},"modified":"2020-05-24T14:05:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-24T14:05:00","slug":"messages-on-the-mac-may-finally-catch-up-to-its-ios-counterpart-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/05\/24\/messages-on-the-mac-may-finally-catch-up-to-its-ios-counterpart-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Messages on the Mac may finally catch up to its iOS counterpart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An overhauled macOS app would share features with its mobile equivalents.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/o.aolcdn.com\/images\/dims?thumbnail=640%2C&amp;quality=80&amp;image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fs.yimg.com%2Fos%2Fcreatr-uploaded-images%2F2020-05%2F63ce36e0-9d1e-11ea-99dc-d405b502dc10&amp;client=amp-blogside-v2&amp;signature=6d85339599580b4200d01d34cb3d9529f2078067\" alt=\"Messages in macOS showing continuity with other devices\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Messages app on the Mac has lagged behind its iOS equivalent for a long time &mdash; it&rsquo;s good for answering text messages without reaching for your iPhone, but many of the features and effects are missing. It might catch up this year, though. The&nbsp;<em>9to5Mac<\/em>&nbsp;team has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2020\/05\/23\/apple-working-to-replace-messages-app-on-mac-with-a-catalyst-version-ios-14-code-reveals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">discovered<\/a>&nbsp;hints of an overhauled Messages app for macOS in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/ios-14-leaked-from-bootleg-iphone-183708697.html\" data-rapid_p=\"2\" data-v9y=\"1\">leaked iOS 14 code<\/a>. The new software is reportedly a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2019-06-03-project-catalyst-macos.html\" data-rapid_p=\"3\" data-v9y=\"1\">Catalyst<\/a>-based app that will effectively mirror what you see in the iOS and iPadOS versions. You could chat with someone on their iPhone without worrying that you&rsquo;ll miss part of the conversation, even if it&rsquo;s just a fanciful sticker.<\/p>\n<div id=\"engadget-post-contents\" class=\"o-article_block pb-15 pb-5@m- o-subtle_divider\" data-ylk=\"sec:postcontents;slk:Messages%20on%20the%20Mac%20may%20finally%20catch%20up%20to%20its%20iOS%20counterpart;elm:link;itc:0;\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+__cell col-8-of-12@tl+\">\n<div class=\"article-text c-gray-1\">\n<p>There aren&rsquo;t definitive clues as to when this Messages revamp would arrive, although history suggests it&rsquo;ll be unveiled alongside the next version of macOS&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/apple-wwdc-2020-online-only-free-attendance-160641433.html\" data-rapid_p=\"4\" data-v9y=\"1\">at WWDC<\/a>&nbsp;in June, with the finished software reaching users in the fall.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"o-article_block pb-15 pb-5@m- mt-n35 mt-n25@m mt-n15@s\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+\">\n<div class=\"full-width@tp- grid@tl+__cell col-8-of-12@tl+\">\n<div class=\"article-text c-gray-1 no-review\">\n<p>This could also hint at a more substantial rethink of macOS. To date, Catalyst apps&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2019-11-05-macos-catalina-review.html\">in macOS<\/a>&nbsp;have been non-essential apps like Podcasts, Stocks and Voice Memos. Messages is considerably more important, and hints that Apple may be willing to use Catalyst to redo other macOS apps that could benefit from parity with their mobile equivalents.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2019-06-03-project-catalyst-macos.html\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2019-06-03-project-catalyst-macos.html<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>Jon Fingas<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>Jon Fingas<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An overhauled macOS app would share features with its mobile equivalents. The Messages app on the Mac has lagged behind its iOS equivalent for a long time &mdash; it&rsquo;s good for answering text messages without reaching for your iPhone, but many of the features and effects are missing. It might catch up this year, though. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/05\/24\/messages-on-the-mac-may-finally-catch-up-to-its-ios-counterpart-3\/\">Continue reading <span>Messages on the Mac may finally catch up to its iOS counterpart<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/05\/24\/messages-on-the-mac-may-finally-catch-up-to-its-ios-counterpart-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Messages on the Mac may finally catch up to its iOS counterpart - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/05\/24\/messages-on-the-mac-may-finally-catch-up-to-its-ios-counterpart-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Messages on the Mac may finally catch up to its iOS counterpart - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An overhauled macOS app would share features with its mobile equivalents. 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