A Samsung Galaxy phone in the center, surrounded by a book, a camera, and a plant partly visible in the backgrond. - Framesira/Shutterstock Samsung Messages is still a reliable and popular app for Samsung Galaxy phones, even though Google Messages has ...

There's a bunch of great new features to check out. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac The Messages app gains flashy new features in iOS 26 that make group chats far more fun and efficient. It also filters out spam texts, translates conversations and more.

Rahul Naskar has years of experience writing news and features related to Android, phones, and apps. Outside the tech world, he follows global events and developments shaping the world of geopolitics. Google Messages isn’t one of those widely popular ...