A bunch of quality-of-life upgrades, plus a new Drawing app.

RCS, filters, mentions, and backgrounds help to modernize Messages. On every new iPhone, I check these settings and features ...

OS 27 makes Messages smarter than ever with Apple Intelligence, Siri, Genmoji, and quality-of-life improvements.

When an iPhone user receives a message from an Android phone, it shows up as a green bubble (not the more highly prized blue bubbles that appear when the message is from another iPhone). Now, a new ...

After Apple released the iOS 26.5 update for iPhones, the iMessage app now says "Encrypted." Why does this text show up? What ...

Apple's default messaging app makes big assumptions about what you want to keep.

Apple at this year's WWDC emphasized that its approach to iOS 27 development was to add fewer newer features and instead make existing features better. Examples of that approach can be seen across the ...

Apple has always had its own Messages setup but earlier this year, the company announced it would make Apple messages compatible with Rich Communications Services, the text messaging standard used on ...

Years from now, WWDC 2025 will primarily be remembered for the introduction of Apple's freshly designed "Liquid Glass" cross-platform interface as well as Apple's decision to align the software ...

Apple announced at WWDC 2025 on Monday that it’s bringing polls to Messages in its upcoming iOS 26 update. The feature has been highly requested by users, and is one that has been long adopted by ...

Apple’s Messages app got a bunch of new features in iOS 26, including a ‘Screen Unknown Senders’ option meant to eliminate spam texts. My initial experience with the feature wasn’t great, but tweaking ...

So, how do the two apps now compare in 2024? We’ll explore this, based on five criteria: user interface, compatibility, useful features, fun factor, and privacy and security. Without a doubt, Apple’s ...