Whether you own the latest Android 15-supported smartphone or an affordable Android phone, backing up your Android text messages remains the same. Our guide teaches you how to create new backups while ...

Phone texts can contain malicious links and phishing scams. Find out how to spot fake messages and keep your personal ...

There is nothing special in sending a text link via SMS. You can use the in-built Messages app on your mobile to send the link. However, if you want to send the same from your Windows 11 computer ...

Traveling abroad but still need to receive verification codes and bank SMS texts? This video explains the best options like ...

We'll cover that in the next section; for now, though, the quickest way to get started sending SMS messages via email is just to use your normal mail app and the appropriate gateway addresses.

Facebook allows you to set Messenger for Android as your default SMS application and use it to send and receive SMS and MMS messages in addition to Facebook conversations. This feature has been ...

With this setting toggled off, users still have the option of using SMS as a fallback when an iMessage fails to send, just long press on the failed message for the option. When messaging anyone ...

Apple provides a subtle tool you can use to avoid being scammed by this and other smishing (SMS phishing) con jobs that rely on clicking a URL: When you receive an SMS from an unknown party that ...

The difference? Green messages are ordinary SMS text messages, while blue messages are using Apple's proprietary iMessage format. If you're used to seeing blue iMessage text bubbles but they are ...