Free text apps offer different features than the SMS texting app built into your iPhone or Android phone.

Set to launch through a software update next year, it will replace SMS and bring new features and improved media sharing. Will the green texting bubbles disappear? Some reports point to maybe. Apple ...

When you're not getting messages from Android users on your iPhone, try toggling Airplane mode, checking your block list, ...

Apple previously confirmed plans to add end-to-end encryption to RCS messages in a future software update We’ve now spotted code that suggests end-to-end encryption could be coming to RCS messages on ...

Some Android users may now be able to edit RCS messages sent to iPhones, which is a welcome addition brought about by the Rich Communication Services (RCS). iPhone users are already able to edit ...

Translation is rolling out to iPhone and Android users, and will expand to support additional languages in the future.

Encrypted text messages may finally reach iPhone users with iOS 26. Code in the beta version of iOS 26 reveals strings for RCS encryption. With encryption, texts between iOS and Android will be more ...

It translates messages for Android users in six languages, and for iPhone users in more than 19 languages. WhatsApp has announced a new feature ...