Samsung Messages will cease to work for some Galaxy phone users in the US in July. Here's why, and how you can transfer your conversations from Samsung Messages to Google Messages.

Samsung Messages has been discontinued and you will need to switch to Google Messages. Here's how to switch and the best ...

With support for translations, conversations in chats become more accessible to users around the world. Threads is also ...

X has officially launched XChat for Android, bringing its standalone encrypted messaging app to Google's mobile platform.

I cover Android with a focus on productivity, automation, and Google’s ecosystem, including Gemini and everyday apps. With a background in engineering and software development, I tend to go beyond ...

Earlier in the week, a small group of Google Messages users noticed that they were able to set a Chat Theme after weeks of teases and early previews for the feature. Today, Chat Themes in Google ...

A college student in Michigan received a threatening response during a chat with Google's AI chatbot Gemini. In a back-and-forth conversation about the challenges and solutions for aging adults, ...

After testing got underway last year, YouTube is now more widely rolling out a new in-app messaging system. The aim is to let people “connect over their favorite videos directly on YouTube.” Once ...

With the new Workspace icons fully rolled out, Google is now tweaking how Chat appears in the Android status bar to look less like Messages. The homescreen icons are pretty distinguished in terms of ...

The Poke app will give Siri even more competition, as it lets you send emails, set reminders, generate images, and more, right from the Apple Messages app. Following its public launch in March 2026, ...