Free text apps offer different features than the SMS texting app built into your iPhone or Android phone.

Instead of providing iMessage on Android, Beeper now wants to organize all of your other chat apps into one hub app. Mike Sorrentino is a Senior Editor for Mobile, covering phones, texting apps and ...

Rahul Naskar has years of experience writing news and features related to Android, phones, and apps. Outside the tech world, he follows global events and developments shaping the world of geopolitics.

Mike Sorrentino is a Senior Editor for Mobile, covering phones, texting apps and smartwatches -- obsessing about how we can make the most of them. Mike also keeps an eye out on the movie and toy ...

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, ...

Every time you need to talk to someone these days, you either use an instant messaging app or hop on your favorite social media platform. And why not? Not only are they convenient, but they also ...

Text-to-speech startup Speechify is launching a new version of its iOS app (v3.0) with features like a redesigned home page, the ability to scan documents, Gmail and learning platform Canvas ...

RCS messaging is the new hotness, and it’s so popular that Verizon is shutting down its popular Verizon Messages and Message Plus apps. According to Verizon’s FAQ page, the apps are being shut down ...

Verizon subscribers who have been using the company’s Message+ texting app are now being forced to switch to an alternative, following the service’s discontinuation on Monday. The app is the latest ...