Enabling RCS chats on Android only takes a few taps. Make sure you have an active SIM card inserted in your phone, and, in ...

Switching to RCS on Android unlocks smarter texting features, including read receipts, typing indicators, and better media ...

An APK teardown of the Google app version 16.25.44 shows that Google is adding RCS support for Gemini. Google Gemini on ...

Google has been busy baking Gemini into all of its products (such as Android Auto) and adding support for all kinds of ...

Did you know that Google Messages actually supports text formatting? Unfortunately, though, this feature isn't available to users.

Google is not the only company to move away from SMS for 2FA. Last year, Evernote removed SMS from its service , and the secure messaging app Signal removed it in 2022 . X, Apple and Microsoft ...

Google now hopes to move beyond SMS, which has become so frequently abused that it negates any supposed security benefit. Instead of using SMS, the company will reportedly switch to using QR codes.

Google plans to replace SMS codes with QR codes for account verification. If you're logging into Gmail, one current authentication option is a six-digit code sent via SMS.