On Messages for Android, a blue dot or chat icon indicates that the specific conversation or contact you're talking to has ...

For a few years, iPhone owners have had the ability to unsend texts in iMessage, and now, Android users are getting a similar ...

Like a schoolyard bully, Google started the blue and green iPhone and Android user message bubble fight, and after taking a ...

OS 26 could finally bring end-to-end encryption to RCS, securing conversations between iPhone and Android users with the MLS protocol.

Before using my Android-using dad as an RCS guinea pig, I had to do a few things. The first was to let him know that I’d be moving my phone number around — a courtesy since he gets emails from ...

Sending a text you regret used to mean you had to live with it or rely on a third-party app like WhatsApp to bail you out.

On an Android phone using Google Messages, visit the chat thread you want to leave. Tap the conversation's name to bring up ...

With the release of iOS 18 in 2024, iPhone users were finally able to exchange rich text messages with their Android counterparts. However, one important feature has been missing -- encryption. Now, ...

More info. The big news of the week for Android users who want to send messages to their friends with iPhones involves the big update to iOS 18 that was just released by Apple.

Green bubbles are still a thing, but they're getting closer to blue bubbles We got a chance to test the new RCS functionality through the iOS 18 beta program, and things at the time were still a ...