Microsoft triggered a viral furor when it revealed a Teams update to tell your company when you’re not at work. Now Google ...

Do you ever feel overwhelmed by the constant stream of text messages that are vying for your attention and response? Do you wish you could stay focused on what you are doing without being interrupted ...

Google is adding a new app to company-managed Pixel phones, which allows IT admins to see all the RCS messages sent and ...

Open GoogleMessages on your Android device. The RCS option lets others know you read their messages. From now on, when you ...

The rise of online instant messaging platforms such as WhatsApp, iMessage, and Facebook Messenger has brought about several improvements and reasons to never look back to using traditional SMS. We ...

The entire world shifted from Short Message Service (SMS) to other chat services like WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, etc. The feature-rich alternative messaging apps lured users and have been improving ...

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 ...

Rich Communication Services is Google's modernization of SMS and MMS for Android. It offers read receipts, typing indicators, and end-to-end encryption, positioning it as a secure ...

The rise of RCS on Android in recent years has made traditional text messaging leaps and bounds better than it once used to be. You can now send high-quality photos and videos, react to messages, and ...

Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...