If you're using one of the most common apps to manage text chats on an Android phone, you'll see a small blue dot appear next to certain conversations. In other cases, a different symbol, such as a ...

Last year we saw the Google Messages icon design change into something new. Even though that change was around three months ago, users are just now seeing the notification icon for Google Messages ...

When you receive a text message, you sometimes see special effects, like balloons floating or fireworks exploding across your screen. These special effects can be triggered by using specific words or ...

The brand new Google Messages notification icon has finally started popping up for users. This comes three months after Google announced it. As some of you may recall, Google changed the Messages icon ...

In 2018, Google added a new “chat head” feature to its iPhone application, which displayed the caller’s avatar as a floating bubble-style notification. When tapped, this bubble expanded to reveal a ...

Android will soon let you stash notification bubbles to the side so they take up less space on the screen. Currently, notification bubbles are always fully visible on top of other apps. The ability to ...

Umar Shakir is a news writer fond of the electric vehicle lifestyle and things that plug in via USB-C. He spent over 15 years in IT support before joining The Verge. Anyone who’s been in a text ...