Why Do Some iMessages Say 'Encrypted' On iPhone? Here's What It Means

After Apple released the iOS 26.5 update for iPhones, the iMessage app now says "Encrypted." Why does this text show up? What ...

16 Apple Messages settings I change on every iPhone - and why

RCS, filters, mentions, and backgrounds help to modernize Messages. On every new iPhone, I check these settings and features ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Apple quietly changed iMessage after the FBI told Americans to stop texting between iPhone and Android

The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency told Americans to stop sending standard text messages ...
CNET

Apple's iMessage Will Probably Never Come to Android. And That's OK

There's good news and bad news for iPhone owners with Android friends. First the bad: Apple will probably never bring iMessage to Android. But on the bright side, it doesn't need to. It's impossible ...
Forbes

Apple’s iMessage—Now Just For American iPhone Users?

Apple’s iMessage may come preloaded on every iPhone it sells, but this week’s news has confirmed that unless you live in the US, that’s now fairly irrelevant. This isn’t news—that iMessage has become ...
Ars Technica

iMessage will reportedly dodge EU regulations, won’t have to open up

Android users’ hopes that Apple’s iMessage would be forced to open up in the European Union have been dashed. Bloomberg reports that iMessage won’t qualify for the EU’s new “Digital Markets Act,” ...
Forbes

Sunbird’s Return Is A Timely Security Reminder For iMessage Users

Apple’s iMessage is making headlines again, as the blue/green bubble debate takes another twist. But these headlines come with a serious new warning for the billion ...
9to5Mac

How to catch iMessage impersonators with Contact Key Verification

When enabled, the opt-in Contact Key Verification gives automatic alerts if the iMessage key distribution services return device keys that have not been verified (e.g. if an unrecognized device has ...
HackerNoon

How We Rebuilt Photon's Shared iMessage Routing to Handle 10M+ Messages a Day

How we rebuilt Photon's shared iMessage routing to handle 10M+ messages a day — migrating Bun to Node, fixing a memory leak, ...
MacRumors

iMessage for Android App 'Beeper Mini' is Back, Apple ID Sign In Now Required and Phone Numbers Don't Work

After Apple shut down the mechanism that Android app Beeper Mini was using to bring iMessage to Android users, Beeper Mini's developers today said that they have found a way to bring the app back, ...
Ars Technica

Nothing Phone adds iMessage compatibility

They've partnered with the company Sunbird, who has built a service around iMessage for non-Apple platforms (currently in closed beta IIRC) where they log your Apple ID account in to a physical Mac ...
Android Authority

iMessage has some great animations, and here are my favorites

Usually, when my friends hype up Apple’s iMessage, all they care about is showing up as blue bubbles on each other’s screens. And, for most people, that’s good enough — they want to include all of ...