Keep messages from unknown numbers away from your inbox and out of sight. When Apple released iOS 26 in September 2025, the ...

While even tech-savvy users can fall for elaborate phishing scams, most attacks are designed to target less technically inclined people. With that in mind, the new Messages app in iOS 26 introduces ...

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OS 26.4 is available for beta testers. The update adds new features for Apple Music, Podcasts, and more. Here's everything you need to know.

WhatsApp is now rolling out message translations on its iOS and Android apps. Starting today, Android users will be able to translate messages between six languages: English, Spanish, Hindi, ...

Apple revealed iOS 26 at this year's WWDC, and one of the biggest new features making its debut in the upcoming release of iOS 26 is message filtering. This finally lets us take control of our ...

Apple is planning to announce several new features for the Messages and Phone apps on iOS 26, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. In a lengthy report outlining his WWDC 2025 expectations today, ...

A new message filtering system in iOS 26 could hurt political fundraisers by sending texts from unknown numbers to a separate inbox without notifications. While the feature is opt-in, some political ...

The iOS 26 Messages app is set to gain support for customized backgrounds for conversations, and it appears that AI will be an option for generating different looks. According to Nicolás Alvarez, ‌iOS ...

WhatsApp is now rolling out threaded message replies on iOS, a highly sought-after feature that has so far only been offered to Android beta users. The feature, which enables users to better keep ...