More than messages! Here are 7 hidden features that make Apple Messages an essential app

To access these tools, open Apple Messages and choose a conversation. At the bottom of the screen, next to the open text box, ...
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Stop Paying for Texting with These Free Messaging Apps

Do you pay for text messaging? If you have a smartphone, you don’t have to. There are plenty of mobile messaging app alternatives that you can try at no cost. They work with different types of phones, ...
The Droid Guy

Google rolls out major updates to Messages for web and cross-platform RCS texting

Messages for web is undergoing an important backend change, particularly for users on Google Fi. Instead of relying on older ...
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What Is SMS? Your Guide to Text Messaging Basics

Trillions of text messages are sent and received via SMS-enabled devices every day, but have you ever stopped to ask, “What is SMS, exactly?” One of the oldest forms of mobile messaging, SMS messages ...

iOS 26.3 Hints at Improved iPhone-to-Android Texting Coming Soon

Starting with the iOS 26.3 beta, Apple appears to be laying the groundwork for carriers to be able to support end-to-end ...
ZDNet

What is Signal? 7 features that make it a go-to app for private, secure messaging

Messaging app Signal is in the news, and not for anything positive. Defense Secretary and former Fox News contributor Pete Hegseth recently demonstrated how not to use a secure communications channel ...