Apple's iOS 18 software update brought plenty of new features, including to the Messages app. The addition of cool new text effects gives iPhone owners new ways to communicate and they're surprisingly ...

The Messages app becomes more playful -- and more practical if you're out of range -- in the latest iOS update. Jeff Carlson writes about mobile technology for CNET. He is also the author of dozens of ...

Learn how to use iOS 15 live text on iPhone! It has made all text in your camera display touchable. This feature enables you to interact with any text through the camera app. You can copy/paste, ...

Apple iOS 26 update: Scammers are getting smarter, and text message scams, also called “smishing, are becoming more common. Federal officials have warned people about fake texts claiming you owe tolls ...

Here’s a small but long-awaited quality-of-life update coming to Messages in iOS 26: you’ll finally be able to copy just part of a message, instead of the entire thing. Until now, copying text in ...

Modern-day smartphones come with a whole host of proactive security features built right in. Scammers and hackers will often try to trick you into disabling or bypassing these safety measures—which is ...

Big: Makes the selected words or emoji bigger for a second before returning them to their normal size. Small: Makes words smaller for a bit. Shake: Gives selected text a quick jiggle. Nod: Moves text ...

What's new in Messages? Apple has finally given us built-in formatting options for iMessage conversations. Now, you can easily bold, italicize, underline or strike-through your text right in the app.

iOS 18 is bringing major changes to the Messages app, with Apple adding Tapback reaction changes new formatting, updated effects, satellite support, better texting with green bubble people, and ...

The Messages app has the Liquid Glass redesign that's been introduced throughout iOS 26, but Apple also added several long-desired features that make for a better experience in both one-to-one and ...

Zach began writing for CNET in November, 2021 after writing for a broadcast news station in his hometown, Cincinnati, for five years. You can usually find him reading and drinking coffee or watching a ...