You Can Now Text Yourself via RCS on Google Messages (and You Should) Android users have a new way to take quality notes.

Can Meta really do nothing about spam messages? I get multiple messages a week to my business page claiming to be from Meta telling me that it’s about to be shut down for violating copyright or some other reason. It’s annoying as can be. Is there really nothing they can do? What a crappy company. Anyone else dealing with this? submitted by /u/CharlesDudeowski

Google Messages preps deleting sent RCS messages ‘for everyone’ submitted by /u/FragmentedChicken

WhatsApp Users Can Now Send Images and Voice Messages to ChatGPT OpenAI has announced a couple of new ChatGPT features for WhatsApp users, adding support for voice messages and image-based interactions when communicated with the chat bot via the Meta-owned chat platform. Users can now send voice messages or upload images directly in their WhatsApp conversations with the AI assistant, said OpenAI in a post o…

Threatening Messages on Instagram Hi everyone, Recently I’m receiving threatening messages from haters on Instagram, that they are going contact my workplace and spread lies about me. I’m wondering, is there anyway that I can report those people who are sending me threatening messages? I tried Instagram report, but they didn’t do anything. And can they really make any serious pr…

Tomorrows the day that messages+ stops working you have until tomorrow to switch submitted by /u/tallejos0012

LPT – Use Schedule Send for text messages to remind yourself of something Calendar events can be forgotten and ignored, alerts can be thrown out, but we’ve become attuned to text messages in a different way these days. If you want to do something tomorrow, or later, or even have uttered the phrase “help me try to remember to do that” this is for you! Most* text messaging apps allow you to long-press the send button a…

Send and Receive RCS Messages on iPhone Rich Communication Services (RCS) is a messaging standard Apple adopted in iOS 18 that is significantly enhancing the messaging experience between iPhone and Android devices. Think of it as SMS 2.0 – a major upgrade to the traditional text messaging we’ve been using for years. Key Features of RCS Apple’s decision to embrace RCS came last year a…

WhatsApp will soon transcribe your voice messages Illustration: The VergeWhatsApp is introducing a new transcription feature that makes it easier (and more convenient) to communicate using voice messaging. The feature is rolling out globally to Android and iOS users “in the coming weeks” according to WhatsApp, and will automatically create a text version of voice clips under the message for mom…

Samsung reveals why it’s dropping Samsung Messages for Google Messages submitted by /u/MishaalRahman

Samsung is switching to Google Messages in the US submitted by /u/Relevant_Ninja2251

Max Weinbach: Samsung Messages is no longer pre-loaded! Google Messages (with RCS enabled by default) only submitted by /u/FragmentedChicken

The messages from Biden that are understood, and not A president who long delighted in public speech is now sometimes hard to understand. Does it matter?

LPT – Don’t post responses to messages where a user announces they’re blocking someone. The person won’t be able to respond to you, since you can’t respond to any chain containing messages from people you’ve blocked. submitted by /u/theedgeofoblivious

How to receive text messages overseas to your AU Mobile number without paying for roaming? Is there a way to receive text messages to your Aussie mobile number without having to pay Optus for roaming charges? Have an Optus Prepaid Sim Only Plan & will likely travel around Europe. Will be getting confirmation texts to my mobile & don’t want to have to pay for roaming when I am already purchasing an eSim with Data Only for the 60 day t…

LPT – turn off the vibrate/sound notifications for text messages Most people check their phone frequently enough that they won’t miss things and having no tactile notifications can help ease anxiety associated with your mobile phone submitted by /u/dakp15

All the Urgent Messages I Have Received from Photobucket A Notice About Your Account Greetings from Photobucket. We’re reaching out to let you know that your free account is scheduled to be deleted as Photobucket is moving to a paid subscription platform. If you’d like to keep your photos, please log in and upgrade to any one of our subscription tiers. We look forward to storing your memories! – – – R…

Google Messages rolling out ‘Profile discovery’ submitted by /u/Obility

Facebook messages: advertising policies threats Hello! I run all social media for an international company. For 6 months now, I have received frequent messages from Facebook insinuating we comply with the platform’s guidelines and standards, and that our account has violated advertising rules. I have read all policies and we are complying. We develop the product from scratch – so it’s not a …

How to Send Disappearing Voice Messages in WhatsApp First, there were phone calls. Then we switched to texting, and stopped talking to each other for a while. Still, there was something missing: Phone calls take too long, while texting isn’t convenient for lengthy thoughts. And thus, the voice message was born—a simple way to share your message off the cuff without… Read more…