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UPDATE (September 19, 2025): The Google Messages app is now getting camera-free ‘Gallery’ shortcut. Read more about the update at the end of the article. Summary: Google Messages is a messaging ...

If you buy a new phone, Google makes it easy to transfer most of your data, letting you pick up where you left off. However, text messages won't automatically be transferred to your new phone. So any ...

Android and iOS devices have never exactly gotten along. Sure, the actual user experience for everyday users is nearly identical now, but that doesn't mean there aren't some technical hiccups in a ...

The first SMS was sent in 1992, when an engineer of an IT service company based in the U.K. sent it to his colleague to wish him a Merry Christmas. One year later, Finnish company Nokia released the ...

Though we have come a long way when it comes to communicating with friends and family over the internet thanks to social media apps like WhatsApp and Snapchat, sometimes plain old texting through the ...

OnePlus has confirmed that phones running Oxygen OS 12, 14, and 15 are affected by a major SMS vulnerability that has no fix right now.