While your Android no doubt has a default SMS messaging app, you can download others if you have specific desires for your texting.

Many people do still use SMS, however, not least to communicate with friends and family who may not have the same messaging apps installed or who are on a different mobile operating system.

Short Messaging Service (SMS) protocol might be going the way of the rotary dial, and there are good reasons to show the aging service the door.

Many people are going beyond the instant messaging app bundled on your smartphone and installing custom solutions. One of the advantages of Android is the sheer amount of instant messaging apps ...

Signal is removing the option to send and receive SMS messages in its Android app. Folks who currently use Signal as their default SMS app will receive alerts advising them to switch to a ...

If you’ve been relying on the Signal messaging app on Android for SMS communications, your access to the plaintext messaging feature in the app will end soon. In a bid to prioritize security and ...

It might be a good time to stop using the standard Android SMS messaging system and upgrade to a different ecosystem entirely -- here's why.