Group chat with android

Stuckinchat wrote:

Yes I noticed, I was hoping someone knew of a work around to get out of the chat, the problem with having a new one started is if everyone on the chat doesn't delete the old one and later they reply to it then I'm back in the chat. I was thinking something like blocking the android user(s) and see if I could opt out then? Even with alerts hidden the message is still there and the message icon still has the red number which keeps me from knowing when I have an actual new message. This seems like a real issue apple needs to address!

Well, it’s a real issue, but Apple does not have the power to address it; the SMS/MMS messaging standard was created and is controlled by the mobile network providers, and this was the way they designed it.

Totally agree. It is not optimal. But as Lawrence Finch writes, it is out of Apple's hands. SMS/MMS is its own standard that cannot be controlled by Apple.

However, there is a new standard that several Network Providers (though far from all) support, called RCS, which has many of the same advantages as iMessages, but works between all devices. It would probably also solve the group message problem - but it requires that everyone is prepared to add that standard before it makes sense.

But for now, unfortunately there is no solution...

Unfortunately, as you have rightly noticed, it is not possible to leave the conversation if there are some in the group who do not use iMessages, for example Android users.

This is because the Android user sends normal SMS messages, which cannot be managed in the same way as iMessages can. So you receive normal text messages, whether you want it or not. The only solution is to block a number, but that might be a bit too drastic.

You have done what you can by disabling notifications from that group, also it is just a matter of hoping that the group shuts down by itself. Alternatively, you can write and ask the group if they can start a new one where you are not part of it.