‘Back Up Your Messages’—Samsung Shuts Down Texting After 17 Years

Samsung first launched its texting app in 2009. Now after 17 years, Messages starts to shut down on phones in July. It’s time ...
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Tired Of Google Messages? These 4 Texting Apps Might Be Better For You

The Google Messages install screen on the Google Play store - Koshiro K/Shutterstock Google Messages is the texting app that comes pre-installed on all new Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel phones. It ...

Apple Has Finally Fixed iPhone to Android Texting. It Now Needs to Improve iOS Notifications

Apple worked closely with Google to not just implement RCS into iOS but also add end-to-end encryption to it, but it failed ...

What is RCS messaging? The texting upgrade explained in 2026

RCS is the modern upgrade to SMS and MMS, bringing better photos, read receipts, typing indicators, group chats, and growing iPhone-Android support in 2026.