A recent update made read receipts in Google Messages stand out more with a white background, though it might be a bit bold ...

A man looks at his phone in New York on June 7. Federal officials warned Tuesday that a massive Chinese hacking operation against American telecommunications companies hasn’t yet been fully expelled ...

iOS 18 added support for RCS cross-platform messaging between iPhone and Android. Android users can now edit RCS messages sent to iPhones using Google Messages, but iPhone users can't do the same yet.

Looks like it is the end of the road for Verizon's home-grown text messaging app — Verizon Messages. The app, which has been around since 2011, may not have featured in the list of most popular ...

Apple’s Messages app gets a handful of solid upgrades in iOS 26. Messages gains the new ‘Liquid Glass’ redesign that impacts the app, of course. Buttons have been updated, UI elements have a fresh ...

Google Messages now supports Key Verifier, a security tool that ensures users are truly messaging the right person by verifying encryption keys. The update also adds malicious link detection and ...

Earlier this year, Samsung announced that it would ditch Samsung Messages in favor of Google Messages, but that the app wouldn’t be going anywhere — and fans could still use it for RCS messaging if ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Janhoi McGregor (jan-eye) is a reporter who covers technology news. Google Messages could soon gain a major iMessage deletion ...

The useful “unsubscribe” button has been removed from Google Messages for users in the US and Spain. This feature, which simplified opting out of automated business texts, is now gone from many chats.

Verizon's decision to discontinue its Message+ app, effective around June 2024, has left many users wondering how they will access their old messages and continue their messaging services. Here are ...

Meta Platforms Inc. is working on more proactive chatbots that can send friendly yet unsolicited follow-up messages to users on Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, without being prompted to do so first.