After years, Apple will finally let iPhone users set a custom wallpaper in iMessage chats starting with iOS 26. Here's how to ...

At the beginning, I pissed off my friends and family. I was a bad texter before I got a flip phone. Now, I was also a slow texter. My initial messages were answered with scornful comments about green ...

Bring more life and personalization to your group chats, by adding backgrounds to your conversations in Messages in iOS 26 and iPadOS 26. Here's how to change yours for the better.

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Just spotted a custom icon in your group chat? Messages now lets you set unique icons for RCS groups-here's how to do it!

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But with RCS, while messages between iPhone and Android users still appear as green bubbles, you now get typing indicators, read and delivery receipts, and an improved messaging experience.

RCS on iPhone was supposed to be a saving grace when texting Android users from iOS. In reality, it comes with a major security vulnerability.

Read receipts? Message reactions? Full-resolution photos? Is all of it enough to beat the green bubble stigma now that RCS is on iPhone?