In part one, we saw how to create the bare bones of an SMS app. That is to say, we created a utility that could send and receive messages but that wasn’t exactly in a state to replace your current ...

In spite of being in existence since the inception of smartphones, SMS apps oddly seem to be going through a technological refresh of late. In addition to adopting smarter algorithms to segregate and ...

SMS may not be nearly as popular as it used to be, but many people still use it. It’s still quite essential in a number of ways, and there’s a reason why it survived for so long. In some regions, it’s ...

Pulse SMS remains one very popular app for millions of users on Android, so it’s no surprise that many of those who already installed it run it on Android Auto too. Not a long time ago, it was ...

Google’s attempts to integrate SMS with Hangouts might not have been universally popular, but that hasn’t stopped another company from trying to bring together instant messaging and SMS. The latest ...

The default Android SMS app gets the job done. It allows you to send and receive text messages, and it does so in an intuitive way. But what if you want something more, something better? In such case, ...

Corbin is a tech journalist and developer who worked at Android Police from 2016 until 2021. Check out his other work at corbin.io. Text messaging applications are a dime a dozen. Luke Klinker, the ...

Text messaging was starting to feel outdated until recently. Other messaging apps offer a variety of features that bring messaging to the modern era. RCS brought SMS and MMS messaging to the modern ...

If you own an iPhone, your SMS needs are covered: Apple’s built-in SMS app works fine (at least until Messages debuts as part of the iPhone 3.0 update). But if you’re rocking an iPod touch, texting ...

The modern phone is designed to handle much more than voice calling. Texting has become a mainstay for its convenience and the ability to manage non-urgent conversations with ease. Some of the best ...

There are oodles of OS X apps to let you interact with your bluetooth phone. Some apps let you control your mac using your phone, others simply act as a caller ID. BluePhoneElite goes one further, ...

Google will block an iPhone application that harnesses its Google Talk chat program to provide a free text-message service after too many users flocked to download it. The Infinite SMS app, which cost ...