Updated on May 12 as Apple’s new messaging update goes live. It’s finally here. Almost 18-months after the FBI warned Americans to stop texting between iPhone and Android, Apple has fixed the problem.

If you're an iPhone owner, you might be familiar with this experience. You're having a back-and-forth conversation with your friend over iMessage, when suddenly there's a lull and your blue bubbles ...

Apple iOS 26.5.1 is on its way, it seems, and is likely to land in a matter of days, while iOS 26.6 may hit first beta soon.

You may notice a new warning in your iPhone’s text messages, and it’s not a scam about unpaid tolls. On Monday, Apple released its latest iOS update, 26.5, for eligible iPhones and iPads. In it are ...

In December, the FBI and CISA, the US cyber defense agency, warned Americans to use fully encrypted messaging and phone calls where they can. But iPhone to Android and Android to iPhone texting may ...

The FBI and CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) are recommending people use encrypted messaging apps, such as WhatsApp and Signal, to minimize hackers’ chances of interception ...

If you downloaded iOS 26.5, your device can now access the secure messaging protocol as long as your carrier supports it.

For years, texting between an iPhone and an Android phone meant sending your messages in a state that carriers, and anyone intercepting network traffic, could theoretically read. iMessage has always ...