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

The Android operating system offers native support for third-party texting apps. Google Messages might be ubiquitous with texting on Android, but plenty of third-party developers have built their own ...

Signal is widely regarded as the gold standard for secure messaging. It uses end-to-end encryption (E2EE) by default for all person-to-person and group chats, as well as voice and video calls. This ...

Google Messages is testing a new undo option and a trash or bin folder that will keep the deleted messages safe for the next ...