Apple’s iMessage and Meta’s WhatsApp are no longer just chat apps, they are the default social fabric for huge parts of the world. One is baked into every iPhone, the other is effectively a global ...

It feels like every year, Apple quietly adds dozens of small features and improvements to the Messages app, but most of them fly under the radar. These aren’t flashy or eye-grabbing features, but they ...

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 ...

If your iPhone is running iOS 26 — which it should be, given that it’s been several weeks since Apple rolled the software update — then you have access to (most of) the new iMessage features. And ...

WWDC is only a few weeks away, and the Apple Developer app just got updated in preparation. There’s little new inside the app to explore, but one nice addition can be found in the Messages app: new ...

What I really love about smartphones is the extensive app catalog, which lets users try and pick between a wide range of options. If you don’t like how a certain application works, you can typically ...