If you're an iPhone owner, you might be familiar with this experience. You're having a back-and-forth conversation with your friend over iMessage, when suddenly there's a lull and your blue bubbles ...

Since Google's push to RCS standards in 2019, Android's Messages app by Google offers great in-house features. After you've opened Google Messages and enabled RCS chats, you'll find typing indicators, ...

Texting an Android user from an iPhone still isn’t as good as the blue-bubble life. But at least it’s not awful anymore. Texting an Android user from an iPhone still isn’t as good as the blue-bubble ...

An APK teardown of the Google Messages apps shows how Google will solve the low-quality media problem in RCS chats. When sending media, a pop-up will appear asking if you want to send it at “original ...

Google Messages, one of the few popular apps that embrace Rich Communication Services (RCS), keeps improving through regular updates designed to improve user experience. Although popularity has been ...

Cianna Garrison is an evergreen writer for Android Police who's written about everything from food to the latest iPhones and earbuds. Her work has appeared in Elite Daily, How-To Geek, and Reader's ...