Apple's default messaging app makes big assumptions about what you want to keep.

Messages is probably one of the most straightforward, no-fuss native apps on iPhone. In fact, it has always been great at one thing and one thing only: sending and receiving texts. But over the years, ...

RCS, filters, mentions, and backgrounds help to modernize Messages. On every new iPhone, I check these settings and features ...

When an iPhone user receives a message from an Android phone, it shows up as a green bubble (not the more highly prized blue bubbles that appear when the message is from another iPhone). Now, a new ...

The upcoming iOS 27 and macOS 27 Golden Gate updates expand drawing tools to more of Apple's built-in apps across the iPhone and Mac. In the Messages app on iOS 27, there is a new "Drawing" option in ...

Apple’s iOS 27 beta fixes long-standing iPhone Messages complaints, from background sending issues to customizable text ...

For the first time on an iPhone, you can set WhatsApp as the default calling and messaging app. The feature remains exclusive to the latest WhatsApp beta for iOS, but should soon expand to the public ...