Although SMS remains the only way to be sure of reaching anyone with a mobile number, in any country, very few apps currently support it. That’s partly due to the age of the protocol, and partly to ...

Since 2016, you have been able to use Facebook/Meta’s Messenger as an SMS app on Android. That integration is now set to go away next month. Users that use Facebook Messenger, instead of Google or ...

SMS may not be nearly as popular as it used to be, but many people still use it. It’s still quite essential in a number of ways, and there’s a reason why it survived for so long. In some regions, it’s ...

The entire world shifted from Short Message Service (SMS) to other chat services like WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, etc. The feature-rich alternative messaging apps lured users and have been improving ...

Signal is removing the option to send and receive SMS messages in its Android app. Folks who currently use Signal as their default SMS app will receive alerts advising them to switch to a different ...

Third-party messaging application Signal is set to remove the ability to send SMS and MMS messages from the Android application to enhance privacy and security. In a blog post, the messaging firm has ...

Twitter is making a rather controversial change next month that would prevent the platform's non-paying users from using SMS as the second layer of authentication. Following the policy change, only ...