Swift is extending to Android, with a new group to facilitate official support and better integration with Android OS. The ...

So I thought I'd add to the Android vs. iOS discussion by trying to explain why. Bear in mind that I don't hate iOS or the iPhone—I'm actually quite a fan of the slick combination of hardware ...

iOS 17 might include some updates to messaging in group chats that include Android and iOS users. iPhone owners might be able to keep some of the benefits of iMessage — even in a chat of green ...

In iOS 16, group chats containing Android users (left) default to SMS formatting (Image credit: Future / Apple). We’d expect Apple to act in good faith and reverse that change in iOS 17 proper ...

So RCS in iOS 18 effectively extends this capability to Android device owners. By contrast, messaging apps like WhatsApp offer several options for name changes.

When someone with an Android phone joins a group chat with iMessage users, it strips away a lot of useful features, but Apple is somewhat improving that in iOS 17.

In iOS 17, group chats will now unlock those restricted features for the iPhone, allowing users to communicate and interact with Android users like how they would in an iPhone-only chat.It's not ...