IMessage Isn't Coming to Windows

windows computers will be able to have a bluetooth signal from your nearby phone and capture incoming messages of any kind so it's not just iMessage it's the messages app so SMS will also be linked to this. Your phone you've given it permissioned through some sort of API that Apple has because other apps like this exist on Android basically it'll capture that plain text and send it to the windows computer as if it was a message. It can't actually distinguish between iMessage and SMS because it's doing text capture and trying to limit bandwidth it's only text not images rightSo that's where that comes from your phone has to be nearby with bluetooth turned on it has to be connected

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