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These 6 third-party Android messaging apps bring me back to the glory days of SMS texting

The Android operating system offers native support for third-party texting apps. Google Messages might be ubiquitous with texting on Android, but plenty of third-party developers have built their own ...
CNET

Texting From Android to iPhone? Google's New Update Might Make It Quirkier

Mike Sorrentino is a Senior Editor for Mobile, covering phones, texting apps and smartwatches -- obsessing about how we can make the most of them. Mike also keeps an eye out on the movie and toy ...
Android Police

PSA: Today’s the last day to ditch Verizon’s messaging app for Google Messages

Rajesh started following the latest happenings in the world of Android around the release of the Nexus One and Samsung Galaxy S. After flashing custom ROMs and kernels on his beloved Galaxy S, he ...
Tech Times

Google Fi Web Finally Gets RCS Messaging: Is This the Upgrade Android Users Have Been Waiting For?

Google Fi users can now access RCS messaging on the web, enabling richer Android texting, but is the new dual-site setup ...

How to know if someone read your text messages on Android

Open GoogleMessages on your Android device. The RCS option lets others know you read their messages. From now on, when you ...
Cult of Mac

Encrypted RCS texting between iPhone and Android coming soon

With RCS support, iOS 18 brings a huge upgrade to the cross-device Android and iPhone messaging experience. It enables users of both devices to share high-quality media and enjoy features like read ...
Business Insider

Blue texting bubbles are coming to this Android phone — but there's a catch

The Nothing Phone 2 will soon give Android users the option to communicate with Apple's iMessage. They'll be able to do this through the Nothing Chats app developed with messaging platform Sunbird. It ...
9to5Mac

Texting between iPhone and Android users currently broken due to this bizarre bug

A bizarre bug has emerged that is affecting text messages between iPhone and Android users. According to a number of reports on Reddit, texts sent from an Android user to an iPhone user are ...
Cult of Mac

Shocker: Apple commits to RCS for better texting with Android users

In what is apparently an enormous change of direction, Apple reportedly plans to add support for Rich Communication Services to the iPhone Messages app in 2024. This will enable iPhones and Androids ...
CNET

Beeper Relaunches Its iMessage on Android App, but Requires Apple ID

Mike Sorrentino is a Senior Editor for Mobile, covering phones, texting apps and smartwatches -- obsessing about how we can make the most of them. Mike also keeps an eye out on the movie and toy ...
New York Post

Lawmakers ask DOJ for antitrust probe of Apple for shutting down iMessage on Android

A bipartisan group of four US senators and representatives asked the Department of Justice whether Apple violated antitrust laws for shutting down an application that enabled Android devices to text ...