Google Messages shows check marks and other symbols on your texts to hint at what's happening behind the scenes. Here's what each of these means.

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OS 26.3 rolls out with Android transfer tools, enhanced privacy settings, and refreshed wallpapers for iPhone users. Full details here.

Apple has begun rolling out iOS 26.3 to iPhone users, bringing a range of updates that focus on user convenience and privacy ...

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Spammers and malicious actors inundate us with a steady stream of text messages—often purporting to be from legitimate institutions or companies. Stanching this flow isn’t easy. Just as the unwanted ...

Google Chat is adding the ability to forward messages. Users aren’t able to forward internal chat messages to external users. The update is rolling out now on Rapid Release domains and coming to all ...

I've been in a particularly "back everything up for the sake of it" mood lately, and the latest target of my fixation is messages. It's been several generations of Android flagships since I archived ...

The year 2025 ended on a solid note for smartphones. Apple finally embraced a fresh design for its Pro phones, armed them with all-big sensors, and equipped them with a vapor chamber, while ...