Gboard for Android is slowly getting M3 Expressive, but the shortcuts page redesign comes at the expense of density.

Authoritarian governments don’t like their citizens being able to have private conversations using end-to-end encrypted messaging apps. This is the reason Russia has just banned FaceTime, but it was ...

Apple today updated its iMessage troubleshooting support document to add a scenario that can occur in iOS 26. If you don't activate iMessage or an eSIM when setting up a new iPhone with ‌iOS 26‌, it ...

Apple has an official fix for users who can't activate iMessage after updating to iOS 26. The issue has to do with an inactive SIM or eSIM following the update. Removing or deleting the inactive SIM ...

When iOS 26 rolls out this fall, it will deliver several highly anticipated new features to your iPhone’s Messages app. At June’s WWDC, Apple revealed that the Messages app will get typing indicators ...

If your texts are falling back to SMS, try these steps to ensure that Apple's Messages app is properly functioning. I started my career with CNET all the way back in 2005, when the (original) Motorola ...

One of the best things about using an Apple device is iMessage. It's much more than a simple messaging service. From message reactions and inline replies to read receipts, there are several useful ...

Social media giant Meta claims that it can't be considered a monopoly because iMessage outperforms Facebook Messenger on iOS. Meta, Facebook's parent company, has been dealing with an antitrust ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Janhoi McGregor (jan-eye) is a reporter who covers technology news. Google Messages could soon gain a major iMessage deletion ...

Apple proudly claims that iPhone users globally consider iMessage to be one of the most secure SMS services. More than 8 billion iPhone users across the world reportedly use the app. It offers strong ...

The 2 vs. 47 iMessage meme shows two text message icons labeled with very different numbers of notifications in an exploitable image format. This meme makes a joke about how normal, often happy events ...

iMessage and FaceTime are acting up for some users, according to Apple's system status page. Some users are "experiencing a problem" with iMessage and FaceTime, the page says. Apple says it is ...