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Google Messages now lets you choose your own chat bubble colors
Google is rolling out a number of updates for Messages, including the option to customize the color of chat bubbles.
How to send animated reactions on FaceTime with iOS 17
On Apple iOS 17, you can animate your reactions on FaceTime and other video calls, either manually or through gestures. For example, you can create a heart shape with your hands and little red hearts will start erupting from the middle.
WhatsApp begins testing Wear OS support
One of the largest apps in the world is coming to Wear OS watches.
Apple finally lets businesses customize their listings in Maps
Apple hopes to make Maps more helpful by giving stores custom location cards.
Google Messages updates bring iOS reactions and YouTube embeds
Google has detailed the new, recent and upcoming changes to its Messages app. They include the ability to react to iPhone text messages, to reply to individual messages by swiping on them and to watch YouTube without having to leave the application.
Apple adds Undo Send and new dictation tools to Messages in iOS 16
Apple will soon allow you to take back messages you didn't really want to send.
End-to-end encryption is coming to Google Messages group texts
The expanded feature will arrive as an open beta later this year.
Google Messages begins displaying iMessage reactions as emoji
Pretty soon, you'll no longer have to see those weird reaction texts from your iPhone-using friends.
Google Messages will display iMessage reactions as emoji
It's a fix to a long-standing annoyance for Android users.
WhatsApp's disappearing messages come to iOS
After releasing the feature on Android last month, Facebook is debuting WhatsApp self-erasing media and texts on iOS via a new beta release.
Apple Messages is getting a host of new sharing features
Apple previewed new sharing features coming in iOS 15 for its messaging app that will make it easier to view photos, articles and music shared in your chats.
iOS 15 will make FaceTime, Messages and notifications smarter
Here's what's to expect from iOS 15, based on Apple's announcements at WWDC 2021.
WhatsApp sues Indian government over law making private messages 'traceable'
WhatsApp has sued the Indian government over a new internet law that would force it to make users' message "traceable."
One of Google Voice's best features is going away
The Google Voice app now tells users that "message forwarding to linked numbers will stop soon because mobile carriers have started to block those messages."
Google is working on end-to-end encryption for its Messaging app
It’s taken years, but Google today has announced that RCS messaging is now available globally — anyone with an Android phone using Google’s Messages app can take advantage of the feature. If you don’t recall, RCS stands for Rich Communications Services and is a major upgrade to the basic SMS features phones have had for years. RCS features include improved video and photo quality, seeing when chats are read, sending and receiving messages over WiFI, improved group chat capabilities and sending reactions to messages.
Facebook limits forwarding on Messenger to fight misinformation
Facebook hopes its Messenger forwarding limit will slow the spread of misinformation.
Signal lets you see more info before you accept a message from a stranger
Signal lets you see a sender's profile before you accept, delete or block a message or call.
WhatsApp makes it easier to fact-check forwarded messages
WhatsApp's new feature that lets users search the web for more info about frequently forwarded messages.
Google adds emoji reactions to Messages on Android
Google had been testing the feature since at least the start of March.
Apple's revamped Messages focuses on groups
As part of its WWDC 2020 reveals, Apple announced that it is revamping Messages with new group messaging features in iOS 14.
