When Apple Inc. launched its iMessage, it reserved the use of even some basic features for iPhone users. When communicating with iPhone users, people who use devices powered by Alphabet Inc.’s Android ...

Lately, I’ve been turning my phone off in the evenings. It’s only for a couple of hours per day, but in this fast-paced modern world, that time feels as sacred as a spa trip. In an era of 'read ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Green bubbles signifying text messages can be tough to parse on iOS. A feature in settings changes the green ...

If you own an iPhone, at some point you’ve probably wondered, “Why are my texts green? Aren’t they supposed to be blue?” And then you start spiraling. Maybe your texts aren’t going through, or maybe ...

Soon after 19-year-old Adele Lowitz gave up her Apple iPhone 11 for an experimental go with an Android smartphone, a friend in her long-running texting group chimed in: “Who’s green?” The reference to ...

iPhone users know that if they send a message to someone whose response comes in as a green text, they’ve reached an Android user. While at first thought it makes sense that a device using a competing ...

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 ...

Google-owned Android has teamed with comedian Ziwe Fumudoh for an effort asserting that the green text bubbles exchanged in messages between iPhone and non-iPhone devices are costing Apple adherents ...