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Apple CEO Tim Cook's fix for those pesky green text bubbles? 'Buy your mom an iPhone'

Google has called on Apple to adopt RCS, a new messaging service that is increasingly used on Android devices. The iPhone maker, which uses its own iMessage service, hasn't budged.
Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks onstage during Vox Media's 2022 Code Conference in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Sorry, Android users.

Those green bubbles that appear around text messages you send to your friends and family with iPhones don't appear to be going away anytime soon.

Apple CEO Tim Cook seemed to reject the idea of

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