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

Google Messages has much to like and is an excellent messaging app for Android. However, if you are not a fan or don't want to give Google even more data than it already has about you, some ...

Apple’s Messages app scored a bunch of new features in iOS 26, including a new ‘Screen Unknown Senders’ option meant to ...

Google Messages may not be the best messaging app in every scenario, but it offers a plethora of features, enough to get the ...

Google looks like it’s getting ready to bring back a fan-favorite feature in its Messages app: the YouTube miniplayer. After quietly pulling the plug on it last year, the company seems to be ...

Late last year, Google widely rolled out “profile sharing” wherein you set what name and contact photo other people see in the Messages app. This resulted in people seeing different profile images, ...

The ability to unsend a dangerous typo in messaging apps, or even in emails, is a godsend. Services like WhatsApp, iMessage, and Messenger have offered it for years. But it wasn't until 2025 that ...

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 ...

Verizon Messages (Message+) is a popular messaging app offered by the telecom giant, but it will shut down next month. The app, which has over 250 million users, allows you to sync your text ...

A post on the Android Developers Blog today highlights the “new” embedded photo picker and its use in Google Messages.