WhatsApp Tips: You might have experienced getting a notification appear on WhatsApp, and then, once you open it, the message has disappeared. Curiosity takes hold, and the little piece of text ...

Signal's new secure backup feature lets users save and recover messages with encryption, but is the 64-character recovery key ...

UPDATE (September 19, 2025): The Google Messages app is now getting camera-free ‘Gallery’ shortcut. Read more about the update at the end of the article. Summary: Google Messages is a messaging ...

Whether you’ve imported your new Android device from overseas or recently modified its software, it’s possible to find yourself without access to Google apps. This could include the Play Store, the ...

A lot of people have been noticing a small blue dot next to their text messages or contacts on their Android devices, and it's not some quirky design element. There's a reason why some of the contacts ...

Samsung will stop using OneDrive as a cloud backup option in the Gallery app. Instead, the company will use its own cloud ...

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 ...

Rahul Naskar has years of experience writing news and features related to consumer technology. He previously worked at well-known sites like Neowin, MSPoweruser, and WindowsLatest. Beyond his passion ...

Google Messages gains a new QR code key verification feature. This lets you verify that you’re communicating with the person that you intend to. However, it’s currently in the beta stage, but it ...

Google Messages can now unsend a message from everyone in a chat. Unsend only works in RCS chats between Android phones; messages to iPhones can't be unsent, only deleted locally. This follows a ...

Some Android users are starting to see a new privacy safeguard pop up in Google Messages. Images flagged as nudity are being blurred before you open them. It's part of Google's Sensitive Content ...