Messaging on Android has always felt like a work in progress. While iPhone users have long enjoyed the simplicity and cohesiveness of iMessage, Android users continue to juggle multiple apps, ...

Short Message Service (SMS) has been a staple of text messaging since the flip phone, but it may be time to let it evolve. SMS was created in 1992, back when cellphones could be mistaken for bricks.

Arattai personal messaging app arrives on Android TV, allowing users to join or schedule video calls on a big screen, connect ...

T-Mobile users who upgraded to the latest Android 15 beta have discovered a page that tells them whether their account is eligible for satellite messaging. This page was first spotted in an Android ...

Coming from the same company that revived a physical keyboard for your smartphone, the “Clicks Communicator” is a dedicated ...

Apple today is rolling out iOS 18 with support for RCS in a huge boost to the iPhone-Android messaging experience. Rich Communications Services (RCS) is an upgrade to SMS/MMS that supports features ...

As the threat of international cyberattacks grow, the FBI is warning of a danger that most people are probably not aware exists: texting between different brands of cell phones. Specifically, while ...

Code within the latest Android beta reveals Google is preparing to release a built-in satellite messaging feature in partnership with T-Mobile. There are many areas where cellular connectivity is ...

When an iPhone user receives a message from an Android phone, it shows up as a green bubble (not the more highly prized blue bubbles that appear when the message is from another iPhone). Now, a new ...

As for how exactly a developer is supposed to support a bunch of proprietary, ultra-tiny screens, it sounds like Google isn't ready to help with that yet. At some point, Android needs framework, IDE, ...

Fix #2: Reboot your device. If the Android Messages app keeps crashing, one of the basic things that you must do as a user is to ensure that you reboot your device. This troubleshooting step is an ...

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