iOS 18 added support for RCS cross-platform messaging between iPhone and Android. Android users can now edit RCS messages sent to iPhones using Google Messages, but iPhone users can't do the same yet.

OS 26 is packed full of changes for iPhone users, including five great new group chat features in the Messages app. Here’s what’s new.

If you are sending personal messages on an iPhone using the Messages app, there's so much more you can do than merely typing out text responses. You can text using your handwriting, send an animated ...

Apple’s Messages is one of the most used iPhone apps for many of us. It got a big iOS 18 update not long ago, but now even more change has arrived in iOS 18.2 thanks to several key Apple Intelligence ...

At some point this year, the unthinkable will finally happen: iPhones will support rich communication services (RCS). This will knock a few bricks out of the infamous “walled garden” that prevents ...

The FBI's guidelines recommended that users not send texts from iPhone to Android or vice versa because they were not securely encrypted. However, messages sent from iPhone to iPhone or Android to ...

Apple says iPhone users need to continue to use caution as an ongoing wave of scams continues to target users, but also says some help should be coming soon. As part of a recent warning, the tech ...

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Texting has become the preferred way to communicate among many smartphone users, but law enforcement officials have warned that not all of those communications are secure. The FBI and CISA, the U.S.