Google Messages now supports Key Verifier, a security tool that ensures users are truly messaging the right person by verifying encryption keys. The update also adds malicious link detection and ...

Google Messages is testing a new context menu that makes the texting features you use most often more accessible.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Although there’s no doubt that Android 16 is a step up in ...

Key Verifier, a feature meant to confirm messages are coming from the person you think they are, is now live in Google Messages. The tool generates per-device QR codes that you and your contacts can ...

Apple’s Messages app scored a bunch of new features in iOS 26, including a new ‘Screen Unknown Senders’ option meant to eliminate spam texts. My initial experience with the feature wasn’t great, but ...