Many people do still use SMS, however, not least to communicate with friends and family who may not have the same messaging apps installed or who are on a different mobile operating system. If you ...

It's a reliable, free texting app that lets you make free voice and video calls, send large documents, and use it on a desktop. How to back up your SMS text messages on Android ...

The Google Messages app will get a new set of icons, which will feature overlapping blue shapes for Messages, Phone and Contacts. Google will partner with United Airlines to bring free RCS texting ...

Android users can open Google’s Messages app, enter the settings and toggle on “Enable chat features” to use the new texting technology, called Rich Communication Services.

The carrier's Android texting apps have sunset, and customers are encouraged to switch to Google Messages.