The encrypted messaging update is the most important change and could arrive as soon as iOS 26.5. Apple announced in the release notes for the iOS 26.4 developer beta that it was being tested, adding, ...

OS 26 brought a lot of new features to the Messages app, including an AI upgrade for an essential feature: search.

Apple tested end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messages exchanged between iPhone and Android users in the iOS 26.4 beta, but Apple made it clear the functionality was not going to launch in the iOS ...

Open up the conversation you’d like to translate inside the iOS Messages app, then tap the name of the person you’re ...

Apple is planning to announce several new features for the Messages and Phone apps on iOS 26, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. In a lengthy report outlining his WWDC 2025 expectations today, ...

iOS 18.4 arrived late last month packed with a variety of new features, including an upgrade you might have missed that provides a fast way to open your go-to conversations in the Messages app. Here’s ...

Here's how to change a chat background in Messages on iOS 26, and what you need to know about the feature. 1. Open Messages.

Apple has slowly been ramping up the number of ways you can personalize the look of your iPhone, and in iOS 26 that customization treatment makes its way into the Messages app. Once you download the ...

A new message filtering system in iOS 26 could hurt political fundraisers by sending texts from unknown numbers to a separate inbox without notifications. While the feature is opt-in, some political ...

A glitch in the iOS Messages app won’t allow you to send audio messages with an ampersand, as reported by MacRumors. The bug was first highlighted on the Search Engine podcast, and then further ...