We’ve included some usual suspects in our list, like Google Messages and Discord, as well as some lesser-known options like ...

SMS Backup and Restore is still one of the best for backing up Android text messages—and in this guide, I'll also walk you ...

Apple may soon push an update to iMessage that allows for end-to-end encryption (E2EE) through RCS messages with Android.

Now Android Authority has delved deeper into pre-release code to find that the “latest Android Canary reveals Google plans to ...

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 ...

If Google indeed wants to make it optional, Google Messages users will likely be able to control the messaging behavior by ...

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The latest iOS 26.3 beta hints at the upgrade, which means no one can read messages sent between devices, not even Apple.

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 ...

This is critical because U.S. federal agencies repeatedly warn that texting without the protection of end-to-end encryption ...

RCS messaging isn’t the silver bullet for cross-platform communications that it ought to be, but it’s a start – especially for iPhone-heavy regions where messaging can be an ordeal. What can you do ...