Messages (application)

News (german Messages) is a instant messaging and SMS / MMS software from Apple. It is included in the operating systems OS X and iOS and integrated with FaceTime. Until Mac OS X 10.7 iChat, the program was called.

IOS version

At the launch of the iPhone in 2007, an app called text was pre-installed, which could only send text messages. With iPhone OS 3, it was renamed in messages and now also supported MMS. With iOS 5, the short message service iMessage was introduced; since the app on the iPod touch and the iPad available.

OS X version

In August 2002, the program iChat was released as part of Mac OS X 10.2. It initially supported only the protocols Rendezvous (later "Bonjour" ) and AIM. In 2003 the program was expanded to include audio and video chat functions. In the following years, support for the protocols XMPP, Google Talk and Yahoo Messenger has been added.

In the operating system OS X Mountain Lion iChat has been renamed to " News " and has since supported and iMessage. Even before the release of Mountain Lion on July 25, 2012, a beta version of messages for free on Apple's website was available.