If they could do that, they’d have an iMessage competitor by now. Last Android I used was the Pixel 3 and still couldn’t text from my laptop, something Apple has had for more than a decade.
Web support was released in 2018
>> At launch, Messages for web wasn't very good. It worked, but it wasn't very reliable. Several texts didn't send properly, and I missed a bunch of text messages, too. It clearly wasn't the solution that would bring the iMessage functionality to the Android ecosystem, and I gave it up pretty quickly.
>> Fast forward to late 2019 when I recently started using Messages for web again, and I can gleefully report that it's actually pretty good now. I can send and receive photos, videos, GIFs, emoji, sticker, and good old-fashioned text messages, as well as group messages almost entirely reliably. There's only been a couple instances where a message didn't send, but I'm attributing that to the fact that I have Messages on at least a half-dozen computers at the moment.
It took more than a year before this feature worked properly. I don't even see the point in Google working on messaging apps anymore. They lost the battle to Whatsapp that had web working way before.
0. https://www.businessinsider.com/google-messages-for-web-how-...
To be completely clear, I am impressed with how well Google has evolved the remaining Comms apps (Meet, Chat, Messages) over the past three years -- especially Meet & Messages. Considering where things stood five years ago, it's been an epiphany.
(Tho obviously I need to replace the phone, since Google stopped released Android versions for it.)
On Apple devices, you just sign in and it all works.
As a bonus it's also iPhone compatible.
How do I text from my iPhone using my laptop? Running Windows 10. Would love to know.