For example, sending phrases like Happy Birthday, Congratulations, or Happy Anniversary can trigger confetti, balloons, or even fireworks that fill your screen. Google Messages essentially detects the ...

The features include the new Key Verifier tool and scam link alerts, and both are live now. Scam alerts will appear for all ...

Using Google Voice, you can record multiple voicemail greetings, and even have your voicemails sent to your email. Here's how ...

Apple today updated a support document with details on why iMessages might show a “Not Delivered” alert, appear as ...

It's easy to turn on your microphone on a Google Hangout by giving the platform permission and simply pressing the unmute ...

Google Messages is rethinking its approach to previewing hyperlinks, and we're not sure all the changes are for the best.

Google's Material 3 Expressive is Android's next-gen design language, building on elements of Material 3. We've already seen ...

iOS 26 introduces several new mechanics to the iPhone, including an option to change the background on individual conversations in the Messages app. The only downside to this, though, is that if one ...

Chethan is a reporter at Android Police, focusing on the weekend news coverage for the site. He has covered tech for over a decade with multiple publications, including the likes of Times Internet, ...

Google announced new message assets requirements for Google Ads. These new requirements aim "to ensure a good user experience" and go into effect on October 30, 2025. Google wrote, "On October 30, ...

Google Messages will get an essential “mentions” feature that will be especially useful for group chats. The system will add a visible @ symbol to chat lists when a user is tagged, ensuring messages ...