Tired of juggling chat apps on Android? Here's how to pick the right mix for privacy, popularity, and features so you never miss a message in 2026.

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Looking into a recent Google Messages beta ( version 20260220_01_RC00 ), Android Authority has revealed development on an ...

Messaging on Android has always felt like a work in progress. While iPhone users have long enjoyed the simplicity and cohesiveness of iMessage, Android users continue to juggle multiple apps, ...

And, as is also often the case with Android, you don’t have to wait to give yourself a similar set of superpowers. With a ...

Google and Apple today announced that testing of encrypted RCS messaging between Android and iPhone is now underway.

Apple added RCS to the iPhone, but crucially, the current implementation lacks end-to-end encryption. That's changing in the latest beta.