Last year, Google Messages received several crucial updates that helped bring its messaging app, which has become the default on most Android phones, closer to competitors like WhatsApp and iMessage.

Ever since Microsoft killed WordPad in 2024, the much-simpler Notepad app has been receiving several new features—almost as if it’s evolving into a better, more modern version of WordPad. Meanwhile, ...

Google is working on a new user interface for Messages that’ll swap the hamburger menu for a context menu. The updated context menu will centralize buttons for sharing and selecting chats, making them ...