After Apple released the iOS 26.5 update for iPhones, the iMessage app now says "Encrypted." Why does this text show up? What ...

The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency told Americans to stop sending standard text messages ...

Macworld Apple continues to close the gap between iMessage and RCS conversations. With the second beta of iOS 27, which was ...

Apple’s iMessage is making headlines again, as the blue/green bubble debate takes another twist. But these headlines come with a serious new warning for the billion ...

Apple’s iMessage may come preloaded on every iPhone it sells, but this week’s news has confirmed that unless you live in the US, that’s now fairly irrelevant. This isn’t news—that iMessage has become ...

When enabled, the opt-in Contact Key Verification gives automatic alerts if the iMessage key distribution services return device keys that have not been verified (e.g. if an unrecognized device has ...

After Apple shut down the mechanism that Android app Beeper Mini was using to bring iMessage to Android users, Beeper Mini's developers today said that they have found a way to bring the app back, ...

Android users’ hopes that Apple’s iMessage would be forced to open up in the European Union have been dashed. Bloomberg reports that iMessage won’t qualify for the EU’s new “Digital Markets Act,” ...

A new texting app claims to bring Apple's iMessage system to an Android phone, but you'll want to pay close attention to how it works, as it's certainly not sanctioned by the iPhone-maker. Nothing ...

They've partnered with the company Sunbird, who has built a service around iMessage for non-Apple platforms (currently in closed beta IIRC) where they log your Apple ID account in to a physical Mac ...

iOS, the App Store, and Safari are all gatekeeper services in the EU, as is Apple. That's according to the region's first gatekeeper determinations under the new Digital Markets Act (DMA) legislation ...

Usually, when my friends hype up Apple’s iMessage, all they care about is showing up as blue bubbles on each other’s screens. And, for most people, that’s good enough — they want to include all of ...