If you're using one of the most common apps to manage text chats on an Android phone, you'll see a small blue dot appear next to certain conversations. In other cases, a different symbol, such as a ...

Blue text bubbles have almost always been associated with Apple. The easiest way to know if someone's an Android or iPhone user without even meeting them is by sending them a text message and checking ...

The Nothing Phone 2 will soon give Android users the option to communicate with Apple's iMessage. They'll be able to do this through the Nothing Chats app developed with messaging platform Sunbird. It ...

Jon has been an author at Android Police since 2021. He primarily writes features and editorials covering the latest Android news, but occasionally reviews hardware and Android apps. His favorite ...

iPhone users have long dreaded the Android green bubble — Apple's way of showing that a text was sent as an SMS or MMS message instead of iMessage. SMS messaging has been around since 1992, and these ...

Most default messaging apps on Android have improved. For example, Google Messages has various security and interactive features introduced through RCS chat. While Messages offers HD media sharing, ...