If you buy a new phone, Google makes it easy to transfer most of your data, letting you pick up where you left off. However, text messages won't automatically be transferred to your new phone. So any ...

When it's time to switch from your older Android phone to a new one, you'll want to make sure all your data makes its way ...

Getting a new iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone Air or really any new-to-you iPhone is an exciting moment -- which is then interrupted by the annoyance of moving all of your information safely from the ...

With iOS 18 and iPadOS 18, you can save your late-night musings for a more decent hour by setting a text message to go at a specific time in Apple Messages. Both OSes launch in the fall, though you ...

If you have an iPhone 14 (or newer) or a Google Pixel 9, you can send texts via SOS Mode. My title is Senior Features Writer, which is a license to write about absolutely anything if I can connect it ...

The entire world shifted from Short Message Service (SMS) to other chat services like WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, etc. The feature-rich alternative messaging apps lured users and have been improving ...

Apple's iOS 18 software update brought plenty of new features, including to the Messages app. The addition of cool new text effects gives iPhone owners new ways to communicate and they're surprisingly ...