The Android operating system offers native support for third-party texting apps. Google Messages might be ubiquitous with texting on Android, but plenty of third-party developers have built their own ...

The new restrictions on apps collecting call log and SMS were announced in October and came into effect on Wednesday. They are aimed at stopping app developers from tricking users into unnecessarily ...

SMS may not be nearly as popular as it used to be, but many people still use it. It’s still quite essential in a number of ways, and there’s a reason why it survived for so long. In some regions, it’s ...

One of the lesser-appreciated features of Google's Android mobile operating system is the ability to switch your default apps ...

Our editors hand-picked these products based on our tests and reviews. Read now Google announced today two updates for Messages, the default SMS app in the Android mobile operating system. Starting ...

Google recently rolled out a policy change that requires apps to be manually verified by the company in order to use legacy SMS and phone call permissions, and has started removing non-compliant apps ...

The Go SMS Pro texting app has over 100 million installations from the Google Play Store, but popularity doesn’t matter: You need to stop using it and delete it from your phone now. Cybersecurity firm ...