On Android, blue dots or chat icons show that RCS is enabled, giving you advanced texting features missing from traditional ...

Phone users have long dreaded the Android green bubble, showing that a text was sent as an SMS or MMS message instead of ...

Blue text bubbles on Android are from Google's Custom Bubbles feature, which let users change the color of message bubbles in ...

Had I known earlier, I would’ve thought twice before relying on the app. Here are six hidden sides of Google Messages I wish ...

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With the arrival of Rich Communication Services (RCS) on iPhone last year, the experience of texting from iOS to Android improved dramatically. As Apple says on its website, RCS supports delivery ...

After seeing it in testing earlier this year, Google Messages has widely deployed the ability to delete RCS messages from recipients' devices.

Scam texts are one of the oldest means of stealing data, but they are getting more advanced. Here's a breakdown of some of the common tells that a message isn't genuine, and how you can protect ...

It looks like end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messages on iPhones might be arriving sooner than expected. Code spotted in early iOS 26 betas suggests Apple is already testing the secure protocols ...