Apple’s iMessage and Meta’s WhatsApp are no longer just chat apps, they are the default social fabric for huge parts of the ...

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 ...

(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 ...

While I'll certainly use iMessage to contact people with iOS devices, I have far too many people that don't have iOS devices I still need to message. iMessage may induce me to reduce my text plan ...

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 ...

A bipartisan group of four US senators and representatives asked the Department of Justice whether Apple violated antitrust laws for shutting down an application that enabled Android devices to text ...

The messaging experience is one of the main points of contention in the iOS/Android conflicts, which are as old as their parent companies. iPhone-to-Android texting is not very seamless, especially ...

Discover iMessage features you probably aren’t using, from scheduling texts to Check In, audio transcriptions, and pinned conversations.

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 ...

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 ...

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 likely answer came via Mastodon. It seems Apple managed to sneak iMessage in under the noses of the mobile network operators when it launched, undermining their own SMS platforms. iMessage runs on ...