End-to-end encryption protects your sensitive Skype text messages, VoIP calls and more from eavesdropping. Here's what you need to know about setting up and using this optional feature, called Private Conversations, in Skype's iPhone, iPad and Mac app.
Facebook-owned WhatsApp yesterday brought group calling to its users.
WhatsApp for iPhone today was bumped to version 2.18.80 on App Store. While no new features were mentioned in the changelog aside from the ability to send messages to groups, the update has apparently laid the groundwork for a new feature that a lot of users have been asking for for years now: full media previews in iOS notifications, including animated GIFs.
Pay-TV provider Dish Network today announced that its customers are now able to start support conversations using Apple's Business Chat feature in the Messages app.
Microsoft wants to bring iMessage to Windows.
Facebook-owned WhatsApp bumped its App Store app this morning to version 2.18.51.
Following yesterday's launch of Instagram's data-download tool, WhatsApp has now announced that its next update due in the coming weeks will bring a similar feature of its own.
Facebook today announced that people can now send and receive 360-degree panoramic photos and HD quality videos through the mobile Messenger app for iPhone and iPad, as well as via its messaging web app at Messenger.com.
Apple yesterday seeded first developer-only betas of iOS 11.4, tvOS 11.4 and watchOS 4.3.1, with the iOS and tvOS betas reinstating a pair of missing features that we were promised at WWDC back last summer: AirPlay 2 and Messages in iCloud.
On March 30, 2018, Apple released the major macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 software update for Mac with under-the-hood tweaks, a bunch of security fixes and some feature additions, including better support for external GPUs, Business Chat in Messages and more.
A bug in iOS 11 that lets Siri read out hidden notifications will be fixed.
Brazilian outlet Mac Magazine today reported (Google Translate) on a newly-discovered privacy bug (it affects all iOS 11 versions, including the upcoming iOS 11.3 update) that allows Siri to read hidden notifications from messaging apps on a locked device.