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Spotted blue text bubbles on an Android phone recently? No, it's not a trick. Instead it's a relatively new feature, and here's what it's all about.

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

Google (and the rest of the world, for that matter) got tired of waiting for Apple to “get the message” and adopt RCS messaging. Android phones use RCS messaging, and it allows Google Messages to do ...

Google is bringing the ability to customize background colors and chat bubble colors in Google Messages. You’ll need version 20240308 of the Messages app, although ...

It's been about six months now since Apple's big iOS 18 update introduced RCS support to the iPhone. In many ways, it's been a game changer: Ditching SMS for RCS has meant group chats function better, ...

WhatsApp has announced the introduction of chat themes, giving users the freedom to personalize their conversations using custom colors for both chat bubbles and backgrounds. The encrypted messaging ...