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UpdateJul 8, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

Chat SDK now supports Photon with the new vendor-official adapter . Build bots that send and receive iMessages directly and in group chats, share media, and react with native tapbacks. Run the adapter against Spectrum Cloud, your own server, or directly on a Mac. Each Photon conversation becomes a Chat SDK thread, and tapbacks come through as reactions.

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