Google Messages beta hints at a soon-to-arrive "join via link" feature, potentially helping users join group chats with a URL. Some other changes spotted in the beta include a familiar card-style ...

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, one of the most important tools health department officials have to fight the spread of the virus is contact tracing. It’s the process through which officials ...

Google Messages could soon let users set a profile photo for their contacts once again. This comes after Messages gained a Profile Discovery feature that overrode any locally set contact images in ...

Google Messages has begun restoring edit history for RCS chats after removing it in July 2025, with the feature expected to roll out in beta soon.

Apple’s new iMessage Contact Key Verification at first glance seems to be a rather niche security feature, likely to be of interest only to the most paranoid or highly-targeted individuals. But it ...

At the end of last year, Apple announced iMessage Contact Key Verification, a tool the company said would allow those who face “extraordinary digital threats” to safeguard their conversations from ...