Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Updated on Dec. 3 with advice on other encrypted messaging platforms ...

Unless you’ve sought out an alternative, the default SMS app on your Android device is probably called Messages, with two blue speech bubbles overlapping on a white background. This is Google Messages ...

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 ...

Stephan Abraham is a marketing manager and winner of multiple vendor partnership awards. He has 18+ years of experience as a stock trader. Suzanne is a content marketer, writer, and fact-checker. She ...

Steven Nickolas is a writer and has 10+ years of experience working as a consultant to retail and institutional investors. Robert Kelly is managing director of XTS Energy LLC, and has more than three ...

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