Despite Google’s many attempts, Android has never had a solid iMessage or FaceTime equivalent. 10 years ago, it made a big play with two apps named Allo and Duo. Only the latter survived into the ...

Over the years, Android users were long excluded from many of Apple's flourishing list of apps and services, including FaceTime. While iPhone users tend to enjoy the walled garden that is iOS, Apple ...

RCS — or Rich Communication Services — has become the backbone of sending messages on Android phones, since it's the default way that Google Messages handles sending and receiving texts. A recent ...

If you've ever wondered whether an AI feature on your phone is doing anything useful, Ben Khalesi has probably asked the same question. He has covered AI and Android for Android Police since 2023, ...

It's still not quite ready to go, but Google Messages is showing further evidence of development work towards supporting RCS ...

Telephony is a bit of a mixed bag. On the one hand, being able to talk to people in far off places is kind of neat, at least ...