Android may finally be getting the texting features they've been waiting for. See how updates to media sharing and group ...

Expressive animations are the bane of my existence, and I should've disabled them sooner.

It looks like Google Messages is finally fixing one of its most baffling ommissions by allowing users to forward multiple messages at a time.

Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. Google's been a big proponent of RCS, the standard that modernizes text messaging with features like high-quality media, typing ...

Google Messages has changed more in the last year than in the previous five combined. Encrypted RCS between iPhone and Android is rolling out, real-time location sharing through Find Hub is replacing ...

Open Google Messages → profile icon → Messages settings → RCS chats → turn off “RCS chats.” Wait a full 5 minutes (not 30 seconds — the deregistration needs time to propagate to Google’s servers).

Google Messages has been working on a new animation for adding messages to your chats. Rather than rising straight from the bottom, this change has messages expanding from the corners. Do the ...

I cover Android with a focus on productivity, automation, and Google’s ecosystem, including Gemini and everyday apps. With a background in engineering and software development, I tend to go beyond ...

Back in October, Google said Fi Wireless would “update web calls and messages.” This works by introducing a new Google Fi Web Calls page, while RCS is now handled by Google Messages for web.