You'll find Google Messages as the default messaging app on most new Android phones. So, it takes away the effort of hunting for a better texting app after the first boot. It's already there, ready to ...

Google Messages shows check marks and other symbols on your texts to hint at what's happening behind the scenes. Here's what ...

Thankfully, Google is finally paying attention to this issue. Messages recently introduced a redesigned context menu that ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Updated on Dec. 3 with advice on other encrypted messaging platforms ...

Across millions of conversational data points, Verse sees an average 50% SMS reply rate, pointing to the power of SMS ...

On December 3, 1992, in Newbury, England, computer scientist Neil Papworth texted two words—“Merry Christmas”—to Richard Jarvis, a Vodafone engineering director, who was across town at a Christmas ...

Imagine a workplace where your team juggles between emails, instant messages, and external SMS platforms just to stay connected. It’s not only inefficient but also prone to miscommunication and delays ...

Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. The technology underpinning early mobile text messaging began development in the 1980s. The short message service (SMS) ...