Blue dots and chat icons in Android's messaging apps aren't random. Learn what they mean and how they change the way your ...

Google offers Scam Detection for phone calls and text messages on Pixel phones. But we've discovered that a major expansion ...

When you hang around Android long enough, you start to sense a persistent three-step pattern: A promising new system-level feature comes along with a splashy on-stage demo and availability ...

If you send a text from an iPhone to another iPhone, most of the time that text is blue. If you send a text from an iPhone to an Android phone, that text is green. On its surface, it may seem like no ...

Other than snapping selfies and mindlessly scrolling on social media, one thing you mainly do on your phone is texting. It is, after all, among the easiest ways to communicate, especially when you're ...

Blue text bubbles on Android are from Google's Custom Bubbles feature, which let users change the color of message bubbles in ...

Androidify is back and better than ever. The new app uses AI to generate a fully personalized Android Bot from a photo.

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 ...

To copy-paste text between Android and Mac, use KDE Connect with Soduto. Once paired over the same Wi-Fi, you can seamlessly send clipboard content from Mac to Android, while Android to Mac requires ...

If you're an Android die-hard, Google is giving you a fun new way to express your fandom. For more than 15 years, a small green robot (a.k.a. Bugdroid) has been the official mascot of the Android ...

A group of app developers are working on ways to bridge the blue/green divide. NEW YORK -- If you send a text from an iPhone to another iPhone, most of the time that text is blue. If you send a text ...