To better compete with Apple and make Google Messages more akin to an RCS texting system, Google is working arduously on it. Read receipts and end-to-end encryption, which were already accessible on ...

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There are a handful of ways that Google Messages on Android signals you’re having an RCS conversation, and the app is now testing a small change to the primary indicator. At the moment, the text field ...

Who knew that an ellipsis could be so powerful? Among iPhone users, the three little dots shown as part of the iMessage service — officially known as the “typing awareness indicator” — have the ...

In the world of social media, things are always updating, and Twitter is no exception. Now new Twitter Direct Messages features have been unveiled, with the idea being to make your DMs "more dynamic." ...

The rollout of RCS messaging has been incredibly slow, and it doesn’t help that even when you have it, it can be hard to tell. In the latest update for Messages, Google has quietly added a status ...