If you're an iPhone owner, you might be familiar with this experience. You're having a back-and-forth conversation with your friend over iMessage, when suddenly there's a lull and your blue bubbles ...

RCS ads have been a thing on Android for a while now, but now, even iPhone users in the US are receiving them. Screenshots show a swipeable carousel ad for a sporting event, but there is no ...

Since Google's push to RCS standards in 2019, Android's Messages app by Google offers great in-house features. After you've opened Google Messages and enabled RCS chats, you'll find typing indicators, ...

An APK teardown of the Google Messages apps shows how Google will solve the low-quality media problem in RCS chats. When sending media, a pop-up will appear asking if you want to send it at “original ...

Google Messages, one of the few popular apps that embrace Rich Communication Services (RCS), keeps improving through regular updates designed to improve user experience. Although popularity has been ...

The Google Messages app might get a new “Details” button in the RCS settings page. Tapping this button will show details, like the status code, device ID, and carrier, needed to diagnose the RCS issue ...

Texting an Android user from an iPhone still isn’t as good as the blue-bubble life. But at least it’s not awful anymore. Texting an Android user from an iPhone still isn’t as good as the blue-bubble ...

Cianna Garrison is an evergreen writer for Android Police who's written about everything from food to the latest iPhones and earbuds. Her work has appeared in Elite Daily, How-To Geek, and Reader's ...

Jon has been an author at Android Police since 2021. He primarily writes features and editorials covering the latest Android news, but occasionally reviews hardware and Android apps. His favorite ...

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 ...