Now Android Authority has delved deeper into pre-release code to find that the “latest Android Canary reveals Google plans to mask notifications by replacing their content with generic placeholder ...

SMS Backup and Restore is still one of the best for backing up Android text messages—and in this guide, I'll also walk you ...

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Google Messages is the default messaging app on most Android phones. However, the default messaging app can vary depending on the manufacturer and the region. Messages uses cellular data to send and ...

Google Messages on Wear OS could soon support emoji reactions and bring along a "Mark as read" button for notifications. Here ...

Apple may soon push an update to iMessage that allows for end-to-end encryption (E2EE) through RCS messages with Android.

The French and U.K. equivalents to the U.S. government’s cyber defense agency have issued new advice for users. “Deactivate the automatic reception of MMS messages,” ANSSI warns, “to avoid the ...

There are many reasons for wanting to print out a text message. Maybe someone sent you some exciting news via SMS, and you'd like to print it out and pin it on your bulletin board. Or maybe someone ...

Fix #2: Reboot your device. If the Android Messages app keeps crashing, one of the basic things that you must do as a user is to ensure that you reboot your device. This troubleshooting step is an ...

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