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.

Your phone already has powerful spam protection tools—you just need to activate them. We show you how on iPhone and Android.

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On an Android phone, you can disable all potential spam messages from Google's Messages app. Tap the profile icon in the upper right of the app and select Messages Settings > Spam protection. Turn on ...

Apple's CarPlay is meant to make your drive easier, not more fiddly. There are some defaults you can change to make things ...

With a SIM-swapping attack, scammers hijack your phone number to gain access to apps on your phone—including banking apps.

In January 2025, Google tweaked the design to make the circular background white. In no longer matching the bubble color, the read receipts stand out a great deal more.

Earlier this year, CarPlay – Apple’s infotainment system for cars – received a major update with the first release of iOS 26.

UPDATE (December 10, 2025): Google is pushing out a big photo viewer redesign to its Messages app. Read more about it at the end of the article. Summary: Google Messages is a messaging service from ...

If your WhatsApp behaves unusually—messages you do not send, unknown devices logged in, or new numbers added—your account may ...