The transition from Samsung Messages to Google Messages is simple if you start now and a headache if you wait until July.

All change for iPhone Updated on May 5 as Apple confirms change to iPhone. Timing is everything. Excitement is building with Apple’s next iPhone update just days away. This is expected to bring a ...

Samsung is retiring Samsung Messages after 17 years, pushing Galaxy users to Google Messages as encrypted RCS texting expands ...

Apple and Google start rolling out end-to-end encrypted RCS chats in beta for iPhone owners and Android phone users. As Managing Editor, I lead CNET's mobile team, covering news and reviews on ...

OS 26.5 adds encrypted RCS support for iPhone and Android chats, but users should look for the lock indicator before assuming cross-platform conversations are protected.

Apple’s upcoming iOS 26.5 will introduce end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging between iPhones and Android devices, marking a major privacy upgrade for cross-platform texting. The release candidate is ...

Samsung first launched its texting app in 2009. Now after 17 years, Messages starts to shut down on phones in July. It’s time ...

You can finally choose more than color themes for Google's texting app.

In Messages on iPhone, you can now use SMS, RCS, end-to-end encrypted RCS, and iMessage. Sure, sending media to Android is better, but everything else is more confusing and frustrating than ever.

Android 12 or newer users must switch to Google Messages. Back up your messages to Samsung Cloud or Google Drive. The ...

Apple has started rolling out end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging to iPhones with the latest iOS 26.5 update. All you need to knoe.

Quick Share is already compatible with Apple's AirDrop feature on select Android devices, but Google says the feature will expand to Samsung, OPPO, OnePlus, Vivo, Xiaomi, and HONOR devices in 2026.