The history of blue and green iPhone message bubbles is tied to the development of iMessage, Apple's proprietary messaging service. It was introduced with iOS 5 in 2011, offering iPhone users a ...

A subtle Google Messages UI tweak, now rolling out to stable versions, changes how message bubbles appear, expanding from small to full size instead of simply sliding up, differentiating it from ...

Following the last redesign in early 2023, another revamp places read receipts in a circle at the bottom-right corner of message bubbles (and images).You swipe left to see all timestamps and the ...

Being a blue bubble is great, but only if you use iMessage to the fullest. Here are the best animations you can add to ...

Leaker Jon Prosser today shared a mockup of what he says the Messages app will look like in iOS 19, demoing an interface with ...

This update, while not introducing new features, continues Google's trend of iterative UI improvements, following recent tweaks to read receipts, search interface, message bubbles, and contact ...

The new specifications will use RCS Universal Profile 3.0, a cross-platform encryption protocol that will make it easier for iPhones and Android devices to identify each other. The profile allows for ...

When you see that RCS tag in your green bubble chat, you should be safe in the knowledge that no one other than the parties involved in the chat can read these messages. That said, RCS isn't end ...