A recent Google Messages update appears to have enabled Chat theme for all chats in the app, while being previously limited to RCS chats.

Gestures and settings that made RCS chats less irritating ...

Google Messages not working? Try these 9 easy fixes to resolve problems with sending, receiving texts, RCS, and connectivity.

Google Messages is preparing to integrate RCS video calls directly into its chat interface, which eliminates the need for ...

Currently, if you use Google Messages and want to make a video call, you can do so with select recipients, but it pushes you ...

Google Messages users are facing problems when sending photos, GIFs, stickers, and Photomoji through RCS. The problem seems ...

The iPhone 17 Pro Max after a year of use. You'll see some signs of wear, but it held up very well. Prakhar Khanna/CNET People are genuinely surprised when they notice I don’t put a case on my iPhone ...

Bumping the panel up to its maximum target pushed power draw to around 17% or higher over just three hours of active use.

RCS messaging between Android and iPhones had a major moment earlier this year when both Google and Apple confirmed that they were rolling out end-to-end encryption (E2EE) support for messages sent ...

There is now a one-word answer to whether a Messages thread is private. Apple’s iPhone guide for iOS 27 says that “when a conversation is end-to-end encrypted, you see Encrypted at the top of the ...

The iPhone Duo and Pixel 11 Pro Fold have a handful of similarities, but their designs are ideal for different use cases. David Lumb/CNET Companies often focus on features like thinness and screen ...