Apple’s Messages app got a bunch of new features in iOS 26, including a ‘Screen Unknown Senders’ option meant to eliminate spam texts. My initial experience with the feature wasn’t great, but tweaking ...

There's a bunch of great new features to check out. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac The Messages app gains flashy new features in iOS 26 that make group chats far more fun and efficient. It also ...

I don't like everything in Google Messages, but I still use it as the primary text messaging app on my Android phone. Since text messaging is only a small part of my daily digital communication, I ...

Google Messages is constantly getting new stuff, but not all changes are good. Even the best apps gather their fair share of annoyances. Thankfully, there’s usually an easy way to turn off little ...

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It feels like every year, Apple quietly adds dozens of small features and improvements to the Messages app, but most of them fly under the radar. These aren’t flashy or eye-grabbing features, but they ...

A Samsung Galaxy phone in the center, surrounded by a book, a camera, and a plant partly visible in the backgrond. - Framesira/Shutterstock Samsung Messages is still a reliable and popular app for ...

I have eight years of experience covering Android, with a focus on apps, features, and platform updates. I love looking at even the minute changes in apps and software updates that most people would ...

Samsung Messages is shutting down this summer. Users aren't happy about it. Here are five things our readers say they'll miss about the app.

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Samsung Messages is still a reliable and popular app for Samsung Galaxy phones, even though Google Messages has become the default texting app on newer U.S. models like the Galaxy S25 and later.