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 ...

The green bubble stigma faced by Android users who send messages to their friends with iPhones is real—even the U.S. government acknowledges it. “Many non-iPhone users… experience social stigma, ...

Update (12/11/23) - Apple has announced it shut down Beeper Mini and other third-party applications that enabled Android devices to use the iMessage service and get those coveted blue bubbles iPhone ...

Apple confirms the blue versus green bubble battle won't be over just because of RCS. The blue iMessage text bubble is meant to tell the user when they are talking to another iPhone user. However, ...

Apple will begin to support RCS messaging in 2024, the modern replacement for SMS. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. For the last ...

Will was the Phones Editor at Android Police from August 2022 to May 2025, which usually meant his desk was covered in a dozen different smartphones at any given time. Prior to that, he was a news ...

The impossible has happened. Beeper set out to unify chat platforms into a single bundle, but has ended up solving the iMessage-on-Android conundrum in a terrific fashion. In fact, it has even fixed ...

Beeper Mini, the Android app that allows Android users to communicate with iPhone users with a blue bubble, has evolved once again. However, the proposed fix comes with a very big catch that may leave ...

Can an Android OEM really just hack its way into Apple's iMessage? That is the hard-to-believe plan from upstart phone manufacturer "Nothing," which says the new "Nothing Chats" will allow users to ...

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 ...

Patrick Holland has been a phone reviewer for CNET since 2016. He is a former theater director who occasionally makes short films. Patrick has an eye for photography and a passion for everything ...