A Samsung Galaxy phone in the center, surrounded by a book, a camera, and a plant partly visible in the backgrond. - Framesira/Shutterstock Samsung Messages is still a reliable and popular app for ...

Texting has evolved over the years to become a better version, like almost every other piece of tech. The core idea is still the same, but now with plenty of features that give you more control over ...

Cross-platform encrypted messages between iPhone and Android are coming soon. Cross-platform encrypted messages between iPhone and Android are coming soon. is a senior reporter covering technology, ...

There's a bunch of great new features to check out. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac The Messages app gains flashy new features in iOS 26 that make group chats far more fun and efficient. It also ...

If your Messages inbox is catching a lot of stray, unwanted messages, we'll show you how to filter, report, and block spam messages on iOS 26. At WWDC 2025, Apple announced that it would be bringing ...

A new archival function for Google's RCS Messages is designed to help companies with record-keeping and responding to legal requests related to employee communications. As Google explains, it's to ...

Google Messages for Android is redesigning how link and YouTube previews look inside conversations. The previous design showed the sent URL at the top with an image preview next. At the bottom, you’d ...

Android users are now getting a major injection of AI in their Google Messages app. Last week, Google announced a number of Android updates, including a major new Pixel feature drop. Among the many ...

Google Messages is testing a long-awaited trash folder feature, enabling users to easily recover accidentally deleted texts. This significant update, found in the latest beta, will eliminate the ...

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A Google Messages update will integrate your cloud photos and videos directly into the main media picker. This is powered by a new Android feature that lets apps embed the system’s photo picker ...