Why does my iMessage say encrypted? iPhone users noticed the label, but it’s not really a new feature. Here’s why it’s ...

Apple changed the messaging landscape in 2011, enabling full encryption for its new iMessage platform from the start. It ...

The idea of iMessage for Android sounds like a pipe dream, and for the most part, it is. Apps like AirMessage and Bleeper do make it possible to get iMessage on your Android phone today, but they ...

The universal chat app Beeper just got a lot more, well, universal. The company just unveiled the Beeper Mini app, which makes the bold claim to bring true iMessage support to Android devices. Even ...

Apple users can send iMessages without an active SIM — and it's the messaging service's best feature. Why can't Google offer ...

Live Voicemail, FaceTime video messages, Check-In and others are some of the best iOS 17 features. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac iOS 17 brings with it a lot of new features to the apps you use ...

Forget downloading and possibly paying for a third-party flight-tracking app. Turns out, you can already track flights with ...

A new Apple patent application describes a way to transform an iMessage to a voice note. In this way, the recipient can choose to have your message read to them not in Siri’s voice, but in yours. To ...

X (formerly Twitter) is preparing to launch a new standalone messaging app called XChat for iPhone and iPad as part of its broader strategy to ...

Usually, when my friends hype up Apple’s iMessage, all they care about is showing up as blue bubbles on each other’s screens. And, for most people, that’s good enough — they want to include all of ...