Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Updated on Dec. 3 with advice on other encrypted messaging platforms ...

Employers will be able to intercept and view workers’ text messages following an update to Google’s Android operating system. The new archival feature for RCS (Rich Communication Services) messages – ...

On this day 35 years ago, the first SMS text message - a simple, two-word greeting, was sent by an engineer to a work colleague’s phone via Vodafone’s network. It was at Vodafone House, the ...

Faith writes guides, how-tos, and roundups on the latest Android games and apps for Android Police. You'll find her writing about the newest free-to-play game to hit Android or discussing her paranoia ...

Like most Google apps, Messages A/B tests many features. However, it takes the RCS/SMS client a rather long time to actually launch these capabilities in stable even after they are announced. From ...

UPDATE (December 10, 2025): Google is pushing out a big photo viewer redesign to its Messages app. Read more about it at the end of the article. Summary: Google Messages is a messaging service from ...

Unless you’ve sought out an alternative, the default SMS app on your Android device is probably called Messages, with two blue speech bubbles overlapping on a white background. This is Google Messages ...

The college students gazed intently at the screen, trying to discern whether the photo was real or created by artificial intelligence. “It’s almost like a smudged painting,” said Quincy Shepherd, a ...

Jennifer Simonson is a business journalist with a decade of experience covering entrepreneurship and small business. Drawing on her background as a founder of multiple startups, she writes for Forbes ...

Zach began writing for CNET in November, 2021 after writing for a broadcast news station in his hometown, Cincinnati, for five years. You can usually find him reading and drinking coffee or watching a ...

Preston North End assistant boss Stuart McCall says support through thick and thin will be vital this season. After beating Oxford United away from home on Saturday afternoon, the Lilywhites finished ...