RCS is the modern upgrade to SMS and MMS, bringing better photos, read receipts, typing indicators, group chats, and growing iPhone-Android support in 2026.

Updated on May 12 as Apple’s new messaging update goes live. It’s finally here — almost. Almost 18-months after the FBI ...

If you downloaded iOS 26.5, your device can now access the secure messaging protocol as long as your carrier supports it.

Apple’s most significant change to texting in 15 years is nearly here. If you believe the headlines, messaging from iPhone to Android will be as secure as iMessage when the iMaker adds end-to-end ...

Apple is preparing encrypted RCS support for iPhone, a change that could make messaging with Android users more secure and ...

Editor's Note: Verizon is warning an RCS texting change is in store for some users in 2025. Our latest story can be found here. Our original story continues below. If you've seen the letters RCS while ...

Texting on an iPhone just got more fun. Apple users can now add an extra flair to their iMessages, or schedule them to send at a later time and date.

As part of the iOS 26.5 update, Apple’s Messages app can now encrypt texts between some iPhone and Android smartphones.

If you've got an iPhone and you've been texting someone using an Android phone -- or vice versa -- the FBI and the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency are warning you to switch to a ...

Do you pay for text messaging? If you have a smartphone, you don’t have to. There are plenty of mobile messaging app alternatives that you can try at no cost. They work with different types of phones, ...

Consumer messaging apps just don’t make the enterprise grade. Text messaging has received significant attention lately--it's funny how a $19 billion acquisition will do that for a category. As the ...