Mobile’s Text to 911 satellite feature for free, even if you’re on another carrier. But you’ll need to sign up first.

T-Mobile's 'Text to 911' service is available free of charge to anyone with a compatible smartphone. Here's how to sign up.

Texting between iPhones and Android devices can be miserable. A new iOS setting stands to make it less painful. Apple’s iOS ...

When you hang around Android long enough, you start to sense a persistent three-step pattern: A promising new system-level feature comes along with a splashy on-stage demo and availability ...

To set up custom text shortcuts on Android, use your keyboard’s settings. For Gboard, go to Settings > Dictionary > Personal Dictionary, then add a word and its shortcut. On Samsung Keyboard, navigate ...

The rise of online instant messaging platforms such as WhatsApp, iMessage, and Facebook Messenger has brought about several improvements and reasons to never look back to using traditional SMS. We ...

When you're not getting messages from Android users on your iPhone, try toggling Airplane mode, checking your block list, restarting it, and more.

Texts get "stuck" briefly or permanently inside iMessage when they're directed to someone who has switched their number to an Android phone.