App equivalents · Messages, media and cloud
Texting from the desktop: the Mac and Windows equivalents
macOS
- Messages
Windows
- Phone Link
- WhatsApp — runs on both
BothYou may not have to switch at all
WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal run on Mac and Windows alike, so this job can survive the move intact.
What to know
iMessage has no Windows client. Phone Link relays an iPhone's texts and calls, but not iMessage threads.
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