SMS Backup+ relies on Google's App Passwords, which requires two-factor authentication. Activate 2FA before you proceed with the steps below. How to set up the SMS Backup+ app ...

Once you’re all set up there, go to https://messages.android.com and follow the instruction on the screen for pairing your browser with your phone (it essentially just involved scanning a QR code).

A new iOS setting stands to make it less painful. Apple’s iOS 18 software update supports Rich Communication Services, or RCS—the first major change to texting since SMS in 1992.

Google is rolling out its latest messaging app -- yes, another one -- to Android users starting this week. With the new version you'll be able to send and receive all your text messages right from ...

Messages for Web is a server-side feature that Google has to turn on for your region. In other words, if you're not seeing the option yet on your Messages Android app despite updating it endlessly ...

Android Messages makes it easy to block your frenemies and spam numbers. ... Note, too, that Google Pay works in one-on-one conversations only after you’ve set up the Pay app.

Android Messages for Web lets you pair your computer to your phone, so you can send and receive SMS from either device. Here's how to set up and use Android Messages on PC.

Microsoft still has some ways to go, but if you use an Android phone and Windows 10, it's absolutely worth setting up. It costs nothing and there's nothing to lose, and it'll surely improve over time.

The change will only affect Android users who set up Signal as their default SMS app. Signal will start notifying them to export their SMS messages and switch to a new default app to manage their ...