Updated Oct. 28, 2023 2:45 pm ET
It is hard being the green-bubble guy.
Timofey Galyukov has often felt digital exclusion since he got his first smartphone in 2016—an Android-powered Google Pixel. His close-knit group of iPhone-wielding friends plan their basketball games and weekend outings using Apple’s iMessage. They would leave Galyukov out because they didn’t want his Android phone turning their chat bubbles green.
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