iMessage: Apple bubbles are blue, Android/SMS bubbles are green. So why is the Icon green? Discuss...

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Only took me 6 years...and a glass of Long Island Iced tea and a Baileys' infused coffee until I noticed this...

If Apple have all iMessage bubbles in Blue and SMS/Android in green, why the hell is the bloody icon green? :unsure:

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I had no idea, but from doing a little light reading I found out iOS 5 introduced iMessage, learn something new every day. (started my journey on a iPhone 4)

and the iPhone 2G used a green logo with SMS written in the middle so I guess they just decided to keep it green all this time?

Blue makes much more sense to me though.
 
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The green icon is older than the blue message bubbles. It matches the color of the green phone icon and green FaceTime icon.
 
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They’ll probably turn it blue at some point, calling it a game changing update, like getting me all excited about a mute button on the new Apple TV remote.
 
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Edd said:
They’ll probably turn it blue at some point, calling it a game changing update, like getting me all excited about a mute button on the new Apple TV remote.
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Holy hell! I love that mute button!!
 
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Yeah, as stated, the original text bubbles were green - then came iMessage and blue bubbles. :) Heh. The majority of the people I message are still android users, so the green bubbles are more prevalent. :)
 
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MissNomer said:
Only took me 6 years...and a glass of Long Island Iced tea and a Baileys' infused coffee until I noticed this...

If Apple have all iMessage bubbles in Blue and SMS/Android in green, why the hell is the bloody icon green? :unsure:

#GreenGate....
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I started reading “Apple bubbles are blue, Android/SMS bubbles are green” and expected a poem…
 
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Edd said:
I finally tried the circular scrubbing thing, although the old method still works. I think I like it?
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It’s hit or miss. For a few days I was scrubbing away. The last few days I can’t get it to work at all. 🤷‍♀️
 
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