If you're having trouble getting iMessage to work after upgrading to iOS 26, Apple is aware of the issue and has shared a fix on its support site.

Apple's communication service can be jerky on current iPhones. If there are problems, you should follow these tips from the ...

Don't miss out on our latest stories. Add PCMag as a preferred source on Google. Apple released iOS 26 last month, and as is usually the case with a new mobile OS release, it included a few bugs, from ...

After updating to iOS 26, some iPhone users report Camera, FaceTime, and iMessage not working or crashing. Here’s how to fix ...

Apple today updated a support document with details on why iMessages might show a “Not Delivered” alert, appear as ...

iPhone users on iOS 26, iMessage activation may be blocked by an inactive SIM — here's how to fix it. Some users are finding that they can't activate iMessage with their phone number. This results in ...

It's easy to enable iMessage on an iPhone to send messages over cellular data or Wi-Fi with other iPhones, or over Wi-Fi with iPads or Mac computers.

Apple confirms that iMessage may not activate automatically on iPhones running iOS 26 if the eSIM setup is skipped. Here’s how to fix the issue manually.