Like other Google apps, Messages for Android A/B tests many features. It can take the RCS/SMS client a rather long time to actually launch new functionality in stable. From various reports, Google ...

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Google Messages is getting selective text copying, but in beta. This allows you to copy a part of the message instead of the entire text.

Google Messages is rolling out the ability to copy a part of a message in its latest beta update, fixing a major user ...

Last year, Mudita launched the Kompakt, a privacy-first phone with an e-paper display and a focus on offline use. Since its launch, Mudita pushed regular updates to the Kompakt, so by the time I saw ...

Google Messages may soon introduce a security feature designed to protect Android users from SMS Blasters. The under-development safety feature was spotted in a string-code uncovered during an APK ...

Apple has released the latest beta for iOS 26.4 and it promises to make texting between iPhone and Android smartphones safer. iOS 26.4 beta 2 is out for developers now and adds support for end-to-end ...

Apple has quietly taken another step toward improving cross-platform messaging. With the release of the developer beta of iOS 26.4 on Monday, the company has started testing end-to-end encrypted (E2EE ...

In the latest iOS 26.4 developer beta, Apple has quietly enabled early support for end-to-end encrypted RCS chats. On paper, that sounds like a big deal. RCS has long been one of the most debated ...

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Texting has evolved over the years to become a better version, like almost every other piece of tech. The core idea is still the same, but now with plenty of features that give you more control over ...

Apple has started testing end-to-end encrypted RCS in the first iOS 26.4 developer beta. RCS encryption currently works only between iPhones, not between iPhone and Android. Apple says full RCS E2EE ...