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> iMessage, SMS is ruling the day now.

Can you do chat-groups on iMessage? Because that's one of the main advantages of using FB Messenger or WhatsApp around these parts of the world (Eastern Europe).

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Yes. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202724

Yes, but adding anyone who does support iMessage downgrades it to SMS.

And anyone who starts on iMessage but deactivates their account is silently excluded from all future group communication.

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