Text bubbles are usually blue, so we break down why they're sometimes green. So, what is a green text message? A green text message means that your message was delivered as an SMS—that's "Short ...

The Nothing Phone 2 will soon give Android users the option to communicate with Apple's iMessage. They'll be able to do this through the Nothing Chats app developed with messaging platform Sunbird. It ...

Blue bubbles versus green bubbles - in the world of texting, it's the difference between iPhone users and people with Androids. It's like a bubble culture war. People have been called out. People have ...

iPhone users all recognize the distinct blue text bubble that pops up when an iMessage is fired off to a bestie, parent, sibling, or study group. When texting a fellow iPhone user, all messages sent ...

Bad news for iPhone elitists: The U.S. Justice Department has taken the side of the green bubble texters you’ve come to mock. The attorneys general from 15 states, including California, and the ...

Apple has blocked Beeper Mini, which lets Android users send blue-bubble texts to iPhones. The tech giant said the app “exploited fake credentials” and posed a security and privacy risk. The move has ...

Mike Sorrentino is a Senior Editor for Mobile, covering phones, texting apps and smartwatches -- obsessing about how we can make the most of them. Mike also keeps an eye out on the movie and toy ...

Once you’ve turned on green bubble text messaging, you’ll be able to send text messages to anyone, even if they don’t have an iPhone or iPad. Messages sent to non-Apple devices will appear in green ...

When you receive a text message, you sometimes see special effects, like balloons floating or fireworks exploding across your screen. These special effects can be triggered by using specific words or ...

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 ...

Apple's iMessage continues to reserve encryption and other features for iPhones to the detriment of all mobile phone users. Imad is a senior reporter covering Google and internet culture. Hailing from ...