For years, every iMessage conversation looked the same: the standard plain Messages backdrop, no matter who you were talking to. That changed when Apple shipped iOS 26, which lets you swap that plain ...

To give it a go, press and hold your finger on any text you’ve sent within a Google Messages thread and look for the “Delete” ...

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Google Messages gives you RCS features on Android, but its notification options are pretty limited. BuzzKill Notification ...

Google Maps already works well with Android Auto, but a few small changes made it feel much better suited to the way I drive.

I connect to Android Auto, hit play, and I get on with my drive. It’s one of those little things I’ve gotten used to—until ...

Four months ago, Google Messages for web began warning users that "QR code pairing is going away soon." The prompt urges people to sign in to Google Messages for web with a Google account "to avoid ...

Google officially announced custom chat themes for Messages on August 27, closing out months of beta testing with a feature that lets you assign a distinct color palette and wallpaper to any ...

As an Android Auto newcomer, here are the five settings I tweaked right away for a smoother in-car infotainment experience.

RCS messaging between Android and iPhones had a major moment earlier this year when both Google and Apple confirmed that they were rolling out end-to-end encryption (E2EE) support for messages sent ...

Customizing the look of iOS is a good way to make your iPhone more fun and unique. You could already do this by changing your wallpaper, icon style and, as of iOS 26, even the intensity and ...

Find Hub and Gemini can now keep track of things that don’t have a tracker tag on them. You can now tell “Gemini to remember where you placed important items.” For example, “Hey Google, remember in ...