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 ...

A clever new app that briefly connected Apple’s secure iMessage texting system and Google’s Android message service was effectively blocked by Apple just days after launching. The $2-a month Android ...

LOS ANGELES -- With its latest operating system update, Apple Inc. is poised to strike a blow to wireless carriers by making free texting more ubiquitous. The iMessage service, part of the iOS 5 ...

The feature-limited version of texting available between iPhone and Android will come to an end in about six months. Google let slip that Apple will fulfill its promise to add support for Rich ...

(NEXSTAR) – On top of the new AI-powered features Apple announced at its World Wide Developers Conference on Monday are several changes coming to the way you’ll be texting with the next iPhone ...

The long-standing divide between iPhone and Android users in text messaging has finally been bridged. With yesterday's release of iOS 18, iPhones can now send RCS (Rich Communication Services) ...

Instead of providing iMessage on Android, Beeper now wants to organize all of your other chat apps into one hub app. Mike Sorrentino is a Senior Editor for Mobile, covering phones, texting apps and ...

Apple's changes to iMessage in iOS 18 could introduce new text effects, which may include stylized text that could be sent to Android users. Users of iMessage will be familiar with the way the app ...

The FBI and other US agencies warn iPhone users to stop sending texts via iMessage due to encryption vulnerabilities.

Authoritarian governments don’t like their citizens being able to have private conversations using end-to-end encrypted ...

When you receive a text message, you sometimes see special effects, like balloons floating or fireworks exploding across your screen. These special effects can be triggered by using specific words or ...