Introduced in 2007, the iOS Messages app, and its iMessage service, promised to change how we send texts. With 28,000 iMessages sent every second, iMessages have become a popular texting option, due ...

Not sure whether to use iMessage, Messenger, or WhatsApp? Each app has its own strengths — from Apple-exclusive features and social integration to global reach and privacy. Here’s how to decide which ...

After Apple shut down the mechanism that Android app Beeper Mini was using to bring iMessage to Android users, Beeper Mini's developers today said that they have found a way to bring the app back, ...

If you own an iPhone, you may have noticed something odd in the Messages app: Some messages are blue and some are green. What's the deal with that? Short answer: Blue ones have been sent or received ...

When you downloaded iOS 11, you may have noticed something new inside iMessage: a strip of app icons at the bottom of the screen. The icons, called an app drawer, include a brand-new GIFs button, ...

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 ...

Mike Sorrentino is a Senior Editor for Mobile, covering phones, texting apps and smartwatches -- obsessing about how we can make the most of them. Mike also keeps an eye out on the movie and toy ...

This holiday season, Apple is expecting record sales for new iPhones. In order to encourage developers to create messaging products for iOS rather than Android, the company unveiled a radically ...

Beeper Mini was a huge deal in the fight to bring iMessage to Android, but Apple swiftly turned the reverse-engineered method into an inconsistent experience for users. Beeper’s current plan to ...

If you’re one of Apple’s 1.3 billion iMessage users, then these are worrying times. Alarming new security warnings have been made worse by Apple’s awkward silence. And now WhatsApp has suddenly issued ...

A nightmare few weeks for Apple when it comes to iMessage has suddenly become much worse. Confusion reigns about whether major security issues have been fixed—is your iMessage safe or not? And now ...