With the new Workspace icons fully rolled out, Google is now tweaking how Chat appears in the Android status bar to look less like Messages. The homescreen icons are pretty distinguished in terms of ...

The Poke app will give Siri even more competition, as it lets you send emails, set reminders, generate images, and more, right from the Apple Messages app. Following its public launch in March 2026, ...

Google Messages is working on new support for custom chat wallpapers. In addition to the still wallpapers we’ve seen, it also appears this mode will support GIF animations. We’re also getting a first ...

Google’s shiny new Android 17 update may be on the brink of making its way out into world, but one of the most consequential Android notification upgrades I’ve seen in ages is actually available for ...

Taiwan has not been notified of a pause in U.S. arms sales, after acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao revealed it during congressional testimony. During his Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee ...

The AI coding boom is now coming directly for Android app development. On Tuesday at Google IO 2026, the company announced new native Android app creation capabilities in its web-based Google AI ...

Meta Platforms META.O is rolling out a new "Incognito Chat" feature for its artificial intelligence assistant on WhatsApp messaging service, the company said on Wednesday, as it looks to address data ...

Incognito Chat AI messages disappear after users leave their chat session, which Meta says makes it different from other bots. Incognito Chat AI messages disappear after users leave their chat ...

The company says its new Incognito Chat allows you to use its AI chatbot without anyone else—including Meta—being able to access your conversations. The idea of Incognito Chat is to create a way for ...

End-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messages between iPhone and Android devices is officially available, Apple confirmed today. Support is included in iOS 26.5, which is now available to everyone.

“Bubbles” are an underrated part of Android notifications, with WhatsApp apparently working to add support just like another Meta app already had. Notification bubbles are often known by another name ...