Blue text bubbles on Android are from Google's Custom Bubbles feature, which let users change the color of message bubbles in ...

For years, messaging between iPhone and Android users has felt like playing telephone through a tin can and string — ...

Google Messages now lets you delete a sent text message. A deleted message disappears for the other person immediately. The feature is available now for almost all Android users. Get more in-depth ...

On Android, blue dots or chat icons show that RCS is enabled, giving you advanced texting features missing from traditional ...

Encrypted text messages may finally reach iPhone users with iOS 26. Code in the beta version of iOS 26 reveals strings for RCS encryption. With encryption, texts between iOS and Android will be more ...

The Pixel 10 Pro's Magic Cue feature showed promise but struggled with accuracy and usefulness in everyday use during my ...

After seeing it in testing earlier this year, Google Messages has widely deployed the ability to delete RCS messages from recipients' devices.

When I made the switch from my iPhone 15 Pro Max to a Galaxy S25 Ultra earlier this year, one of the first things I missed was the ability to delete text messages that I'd sent. The ability to unsend ...

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 ...

Google is rolling out a new safety feature for the Messages app on Android. As spotted by 9to5Google, the company is making Sensitive Content Warnings more broadly available after beta testing the ...