Use this scam text test to spot fake delivery, bank, toll and account alerts before you tap a dangerous link or share ...

Spread the loveSo, you’ve just picked up a shiny new Samsung Galaxy phone, or maybe you’re finally upgrading from that ancient device that’s seen better days. Exciting, right? But then comes the ...

You can now delete messages on both sides of a conversation.

Developer OzarksMade has launched Messages by OzarksMade, an unofficial Android app that recreates the discontinued Samsung Messages interface for U.S. Galaxy users. The app features One UI design ...

Nothing tests your backup strategy like discovering it was mostly a feeling.

Chandra Steele has been writing about tech for the entirety of her journalism career. She loves making tough topics easy to understand. Before joining Android Police, Chandra was senior features ...

Following Android’s backup policy change this week, Google is rolling out new settings to control whether SMS, MMS, and RCS messages are backed up. Additionally, Android is beginning to introduce ...

As Google writes in a support document, call history, device settings, and app data will also be counted towards the storage limit in the future. Accordi ...

Android backups are easy to ignore. They run quietly in the background, doing their job without asking for attention. Most people only remember they exist when something goes wrong, like a lost phone, ...

This week will see a shift in the calculations Google uses for account storage. Beginning July 7, all data in your Android backups will count toward the storage limit on your Google account. Under the ...

Google Messages has several settings worth checking. PSA: Gemini chats in Messages are not end-to-end encrypted. Also, small changes can make texting cleaner and less distracting. So, when I set up a ...