Free text apps offer different features than the SMS texting app built into your iPhone or Android phone.

In an emergency, some Android phones can use satellites to send texts instead of cell networks. For non-emergencies, Wi-Fi ...

There are many good messaging apps out there, but most of them prevent me from reading or replying to messages while I am in ...

You can't leave a group text on your Android phone, but you can still mute or delete the thread in your Messages app.

T-Satellite, the Starlink-based satellite service, can now do more than just send text messages. Here are the apps that work when you're out of cellular range.

To send text from your phone to your computer, copy the text you want to send over, then open the KDE Connect app on your ...

There are many reasons for wanting to print out a text message. Maybe someone sent you some exciting news via SMS, and you'd like to print it out and pin it on your bulletin board. Or maybe someone ...

When you hang around Android long enough, you start to sense a persistent three-step pattern: A promising new system-level feature comes along with a splashy on-stage demo and availability ...

Other than snapping selfies and mindlessly scrolling on social media, one thing you mainly do on your phone is texting. It is, after all, among the easiest ways to communicate, especially when you're ...

A group of app developers are working on ways to bridge the blue/green divide. NEW YORK -- If you send a text from an iPhone to another iPhone, most of the time that text is blue. If you send a text ...

While SMS and even RCS texts aren’t as important as they used to be — given the popularity of apps like WhatsApp, Signal, and Facebook Messenger — many of us still rely on them, particularly for ...