Apple’s Messages app scored a bunch of new features in iOS 26, including a new ‘Screen Unknown Senders’ option meant to eliminate spam texts. My initial experience with the feature wasn’t great, but ...

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 rolling out @mentions in beta. These @mentions allow users in group chats to tag one another without directly replying to each other’s messages. The feature doesn’t seem to be ...

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 ...

Code in the latest Google Messages beta hints that the app may be getting a trash folder. The folder could work similarly to Gmail’s, where trashed messages are held for 30 days before they’re ...

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Google Messages will get an essential “mentions” feature that will be especially useful for group chats. The system will add a visible @ symbol to chat lists when a user is tagged, ensuring messages ...

WhatsApp is rolling out the ability for users to translate messages into their preferred language, the Meta-owned company announced on Tuesday. Now, if users see a message in a different language, ...

Prosecutors said that the 22 year-old man accused of killing Charlie Kirk had texted his romantic partner: “I had enough of his hatred. Some hate can’t be negotiated out.” By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs ...