If you use Samsung's built-in texting app, you'll need an alternative soon. Here's why, and your best options.

Samsung is phasing out Samsung Messages by July 2026 in the U.S. and pushing Google Messages, but scam texts are targeting confused Galaxy phone owners.

With the Samsung Messages going away, many Android users will be exclusively using Google Messages, which was already the ...

It looks like end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messages on iPhones might be arriving sooner than expected. Code spotted in early iOS 26 betas suggests Apple is already testing the secure protocols ...

Samsung is saying goodbye its namesake texting app. According to an end of service announcement published on the tech giant’s ...

Apple announced in March that it would support RCS Universal Profile 3.0 in a future software update. That “future update” is expected to be iOS 26–either in September or soon after. RCS 3.0 will ...