This is critical because U.S. federal agencies repeatedly warn that texting without the protection of end-to-end encryption ...

Short Message Service (SMS) has been a staple of text messaging since the flip phone, but it may be time to let it evolve. SMS was created in 1992, back when cellphones could be mistaken for bricks.

As the threat of international cyberattacks grow, the FBI is warning of a danger that most people are probably not aware exists: texting between different brands of cell phones. Specifically, while ...

In Apple's second iOS 26.3 beta, a leaker found code related to the company's work on bringing E2EE to RCS chats.

The French and U.K. equivalents to the U.S. government’s cyber defense agency have issued new advice for users. “Deactivate ...

Apple is testing enhanced RCS messaging in the iOS 26 beta that could bring richer texts between iPhones and Androids for the ...

Q: Why don’t some Android users get my iPhone text messages? A: Text messaging was once considered an anti-social communication method by those who grew up having phone conversations as their default.

Messages for web is undergoing an important backend change, particularly for users on Google Fi. Instead of relying on older ...

Messaging between iPhone and Android devices is about to become much smoother. Apple on Thursday announced it plans to adopt the Rich Communication Services messaging standard, which will introduce a ...

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 ...

Q: Why don’t some Android users get my iPhone text messages? A: Text messaging was once considered an anti-social communication method by those who grew up having phone conversations as their default.