Google has pushed RCS as a universal messaging standard, urging Apple to adopt it. Verizon & all US carriers now support RCS; it allows for richer messaging like WhatsApp. Apple will support RCS with ...

SMS is an acronym that means "Short Message Service." It refers to standard text messages on cellular devices.

The Signal encrypted messaging application is seen on a mobile device in this illustration photo taken in Warsaw, Poland on 26 March, 2025. (Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto) I don’t know very much ...

If your texts are falling back to SMS, try these steps to ensure that Apple's Messages app is properly functioning. I started my career with CNET all the way back in 2005, when the (original) Motorola ...

iPhone users have long dreaded the Android green bubble — Apple's way of showing that a text was sent as an SMS or MMS message instead of iMessage. SMS messaging has been around since 1992, and these ...

One of the best things about using an Apple device is iMessage. It's much more than a simple messaging service. From message reactions and inline replies to read receipts, there are several useful ...