Here's what end-to-end encryption protects—and what it doesn't.

RCS, filters, mentions, and backgrounds help to modernize Messages. On every new iPhone, I check these settings and features ...

The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency told Americans to stop sending standard text messages ...

After Apple released the iOS 26.5 update for iPhones, the iMessage app now says "Encrypted." Why does this text show up? What ...

RCS messaging between Android and iPhone users is getting better in iOS 27 with better reply and reaction options.

Apple started testing the iOS 27 software release in early June, immediately after unveiling the next iPhone operating system at WWDC 2026. The first iOS 27 developer beta was made available for ...

OS 27 beta 2 RCS upgrades bring native emoji reactions and inline replies to cross-platform chats, narrowing the Android-iOS ...

Like other Google apps, Messages for Android A/B tests many features. It can take the RCS/SMS client a rather long time to actually launch new functionality in stable. From various reports, Google ...

Samsung Messages will cease to work for some Galaxy phone users in the US in July. Here's why, and how you can transfer your conversations from Samsung Messages to Google Messages.