Mike Sorrentino is a Senior Editor for Mobile, covering phones, texting apps and smartwatches -- obsessing about how we can make the most of them. Mike also keeps an eye out on the movie and toy ...

Google LLC’s standard Messages application, which comes pre-installed with every Android smartphone, is getting a major update today almost two years after it was first brought into the 21st century ...

Linq offers an API that lets companies offer their AI assistants via iMessage, RCS and SMS.

If you send a text from an iPhone to another iPhone, most of the time that text is blue. If you send a text from an iPhone to an Android phone, that text is green. On its surface, it may seem like no ...

The classic SMS texting born in the 1990s can’t handle the feature-rich environment of today’s digital world. Many apps, such as Apple’s iMessage, don’t rely on SMS, but Apple still offers the service ...

A group of app developers are working on ways to bridge the blue/green divide. NEW YORK -- If you send a text from an iPhone to another iPhone, most of the time that text is blue. If you send a text ...

Short Message Service (SMS) has been a staple of text messaging since the flip phone, but it may be time to let it evolve. SMS was created in 1992, back when cellphones could be mistaken for bricks.

Signal says it will start to phase out SMS and MMS message support from its Android app to streamline the user experience and prioritize security and privacy. While this announcement may surprise ...

Google Messages has much to like and is an excellent messaging app for Android. However, if you are not a fan or don't want to give Google even more data than it already has about you, some ...

Facebook Messenger is sunsetting its SMS support for Android users on September 28, 2023. The change was announced quietly on Meta’s support page on Monday. This means that if you currently use ...