You'll find Google Messages as the default messaging app on most new Android phones. So, it takes away the effort of hunting ...

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 ...

Sending a text you regret used to mean you had to live with it or rely on a third-party app like WhatsApp to bail you out.

Spot a blue dot in Android Messages? It means RCS. Get richer photos, typing indicators and end-to-end encryption—plus how to switch it on.

Now, texts could be longer, and users could send pictures and videos through text. Then, in 2011, the texting paradigm shifted again when Apple introduced its proprietary texting app, iMessage.

On Messages for Android, a blue dot or chat icon indicates that the specific conversation or contact you're talking to has ...

On an Android phone using Google Messages, visit the chat thread you want to leave. Tap the conversation's name to bring up ...

Following that friendly reminder about its existence, I set out to unearth Android apps that tap into this possibility and offer up genuinely useful shortcuts tied to text selection.

Behind those colorful blue and green text messages is a years-long battle between Apple and a group of app developers working on ways to break down the blue/green divide.