If you're using one of the most common apps to manage text chats on an Android phone, you'll see a small blue dot appear next to certain conversations. In other cases, a different symbol, such as a ...

Our latest APK teardown shows Google Messages is testing a way to roll your group chat icon back to its default look.

A bug in the new Google Messages beta, version v20250811, is causing users to see two or even three app icons in their app drawer. The bug affects only beta users. All icons launch the same app, so ...

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Though we have come a long way when it comes to communicating with friends and family over the internet thanks to social media apps like WhatsApp and Snapchat, sometimes plain old texting through the ...

You can forward a text message from your Android phone using most popular texting apps, like the Verizon Message+ app.