OS 26 is packed full of changes for iPhone users, including five great new group chat features in the Messages app. Here’s ...

Apple's iOS 26 will allow users to filter out texts from unknown senders. That could be a big financial problem for campaigns that rely on texts for donations. One GOP group is warning that it could ...

When iOS 26 first dropped, there was one pretty huge group chat bug. Some users complained that their messages to existing group chats were sent as individual chats instead of chats to the entire ...

This is critical because U.S. federal agencies repeatedly warn that texting without the protection of end-to-end encryption ...

WASHINGTON — Republicans could lose millions of dollars in ad revenue due to a new Apple software update that implements message filtering capabilities designed to crack down on spam and unwanted ...

Apple is making it easier to organize plans in iMessage with a new polling feature in iOS 26, giving group chat participants a way to share opinions and vote on decisions. Here's how it works. Group ...

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With the arrival of Rich Communication Services (RCS) on iPhone last year, the experience of texting from iOS to Android improved dramatically. As Apple says on its website, RCS supports delivery ...

In iOS 26, Apple is introducing several new features for its Messages app, and this one in particular is likely to make interacting with message bubbles way less frustrating. When you tap and hold on ...

Apple's new spam text filtering feature could end up being a multimillion-dollar headache for political campaigns. iOS 26 includes a new feature that allows users to filter text messages from ...