Google Messages might finally fix this frequent annoyance
Though most text messages you typically send might be just a few words long, occasionally you need to draft out a longer message — and that can be annoying on…
Google Messages could soon let you watch YouTube right in the chat
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…
A familiar Samsung app has been replaced on the Galaxy S25
After you’ve unwrapped and set up your new Galaxy S25, you may notice an app previously always installed on Samsung phones has disappeared. Samsung has stopped pre-installing its own Samsung…
The Google Messages app is getting a few important safety features
Google’s software theme for 2024 has been safety. With the arrival of Android 15, the company added a host of anti-theft measures for phones, and later locked the Find My…
RCS messages are about to look a little different on your Android phone
You might soon see a change in how your messages look on your Android phone. Google Messages is rolling out a change to how the type of message is displayed.…
Google Messages Will Finally Let You Text 911
Image: Google It’s not Android’s equivalent to the iPhone’s emergency SOS via satellite, but it’ll do for now. Google announced that later this year, Google Messages will let you text…
Android Will Finally Let You Edit Sent RCS Messages
Editable messages are coming soon to RCS. Image: Google Perfectionists unite (Virgos out there, raise your hands). Android will let you edit RCS messages you send through Google Messages. The…
Everything Exciting About the Android 15 Beta So Far
Image: Google In the past, every new version of Android felt like a special occasion for the platform’s devoted users. It meant new software features, better algorithms, improved user interfaces,…
RCS Coming to iPhone This Fall, Leaked Google Promo Image Claims
Photo: Florence Ion / Gizmodo Rich communication services (RCS) is already a big deal on Android phones with more than a billion users. Those numbers might be going up by…
How to Pin Important Messages in WhatsApp Chats
You can now pin up to three important messages in WhatsApp chats. Zuckerberg announced this update yesterday on his WhatsApp channel, along with a screenshot showing a pinned image at…