Last year, Google surprised us all with a new feature that improved the iMessage experience on iPhones. Instead of ugly text strings that cluttered iPhone-Android conversations with “Mike laughed at” or “Karen loved” messages, Google mapped its own emoji to Apple’s tapbacks so a pleasing icon showed up instead. The feature is so good, Apple took steps to make sure it works for everyone in iOS 16. Now Google is taking it a step further. Instead of limiting tapbacks to RCS/iMessage conversations, it will begin allowing emoji reactions for SMS texts from iPhone users as well. In a thinly veiled d…