Messages can now only be sent as standard SMS or MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service), which require airtime or SMS bundles.

Private messaging app Signal plans to discontinue the ability for Android users to send and receive plaintext SMS and MMS messages with the Signal app. The app developer cited its priority of ...

The first SMS was sent in 1992, when an engineer of an IT service company based in the U.K. sent it to his colleague to wish him a Merry Christmas. One year later, Finnish company Nokia released the ...

If you’ve been relying on the Signal messaging app on Android for SMS communications, your access to the plaintext messaging feature in the app will end soon. In a bid to prioritize security and ...

Q: Why don’t some Android users get my iPhone text messages? A: Text messaging was once considered an anti-social communication method by those who grew up having phone conversations as their default.

Unless you’ve sought out an alternative, the default SMS app on your Android device is probably called Messages, with two blue speech bubbles overlapping on a white background. This is Google Messages ...