The Take a Message feature in Google's Phone app is getting a big upgrade: custom greetings! Here's how to set yours up right ...

With the new RCS 4.0 standard now finalized, Google Messages can finally move toward something that feels more complete, with ...

The Kremlin’s tightening grip on Russian life has a new target: the country’s most popular messaging app. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive ...

Google has announced to shut down its Firebase Studio on March 22, 2027. The decision to pull the plug on the platform comes almost a year after its launch. To recall, the tech giant introduced ...

How are we still getting caught in the rain? This week’s Galaxy Brain explores the world of weather forecasting—specifically the apps on our phones that we have come to rely on. As climate change ...

Signal, the secure messaging app, warned on Monday that “government officials and journalists” had experienced their accounts being taken over by nefarious actors after falling for a phishing scam.

For as long as the smartphone has been around, people have been obsessed with transparency, convinced that transparent phones are among the coolest looking phones around. Of course, these days, that ...

Russia has blocked the U.S.-based messaging app WhatsApp, the Kremlin announced Thursday, claiming the Meta-owned company failed to comply with local laws. The move follows six months of pressure on ...

Russia on Thursday confirmed that it had blocked WhatsApp in the country. The Kremlin said citizens can use a state-backed messenging service instead. WhatsApp issued a statement saying Russia had ...

There's a bunch of great new features to check out. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac The Messages app gains flashy new features in iOS 26 that make group chats far more fun and efficient. It also ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Tyler Thomas told investigators he had been communicating with 17-year-old Hailey Buzbee and playing online games with her for over a year, according to a search warrant affidavit.

The freedom that an Android phone offers also comes with a price, and one of the biggest is the app overload. Unlike iOS and other Apple devices, where iMessage dominates everyday conversation between ...