Do you pay for text messaging? If you have a smartphone, you don’t have to. There are plenty of mobile messaging app alternatives that you can try at no cost. They work with different types of phones, ...

The hottest texting app among Gen Z hasn't even launched yet. Xavier Lorenzo - stock.adobe.com This is the hottest messaging app on the market — but it isn’t even available yet. Daze, a new app ...

The Android operating system offers native support for third-party texting apps. Google Messages might be ubiquitous with texting on Android, but plenty of third-party developers have built their own ...

Messages for web is undergoing an important backend change, particularly for users on Google Fi. Instead of relying on older ...

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Short Message Service (SMS) has been a staple of text messaging since the flip phone, but it may be time to let it evolve. SMS was created in 1992, back when cellphones could be mistaken for bricks.