Photo: Florence Ion / Gizmodo Rich communication services (RCS) is already a big deal on Android phones with more than a billion users. Those numbers might be going up by the fall, as Google claims Apple will be joining the RCS party. Apple Unveils Its iPhone 15 and Apple Watch Series 9 A page for … Read more
Welcome back to Gizmodo’s March Madness bracket challenge to name the greatest app of all time! Yesterday’s tournament was a bloodbath with Calculator taking more than 87 percent of the vote. Twitch goes home empty-handed. Today, we have the crown jewels of Zuckerberg’s empire going head-to-head. If you’re just tuning in, you can read all … Read more
It’s Day 10 of Gizmodo’s March Madness bracket challenge to name the greatest app of all time! SwiftKey pulled off a surprise upset yesterday, eliminating Telegram and advancing to the next round. Today, we have two apps that don’t get a lot of attention but have changed the game in their own ways. If you’re … Read more
Welcome back to Gizmodo’s March Madness bracket challenge to name the greatest app of all time! Yesterday’s lineup was an extremely close race and Read It Later fans put up an admirable fight but with 52 percent of the vote, Twitter goes to the next round. Today, we have a contest between apps for people … Read more
Elon Musk is still trying to make X audio and video calls happen, even though, like the infamous “fetch,” we all know it’s not going to happen. His latest tactic: Giving up his phone number and using X exclusively for calls and texts. Threads Needs These Five Missing Features to Be a Twitter Killer “In … Read more
Apple’s recent move to block Beeper Mini, the app that lets Android users chat with iPhone through the iMessage protocol, has caught the eye and a fair bit of ire of several U.S. congresspeople. Now lawmakers are calling for an investigation into the tech giant over “potential anticompetitive treatment” of the smaller messaging app. Threads … Read more
Note: As I was getting ready to publish this piece, Beeper’s servers began faltering. TechCrunch reports that Beeper Mini had lost access to Apple’s servers, though I’m still able to send text-based messages with a bit of delay. This piece covers the experience before this breaking news hit. I reached out to Beeper to ask … Read more
Google’s bet on RCS is paying off, or at least that’s what it wants us to think. After a few minor wins, including Apple quietly confirming RCS support in the next iPhone and officially surpassing 1 billion monthly active users, Google is celebrating its successes by announcing new features for Messages users on Android. “Even … Read more
You’ve most likely bought a ton of images and movies in your social media and messaging apps at this level—photos of sunsets posted to Instagram, photos of the children posted to household WhatsApp teams, and so forth—however you won’t essentially have these photos and movies saved wherever else. No person’s Actually Watching Reels That may … Read more
Via the years there have been loads of apps promising a one-stop store for all of your messages, and the most recent of those is Beeper: It collects your entire conversations from WhatsApp, Fb Messenger, Instagram, Slack, Google Chat, Twitter (or X), and, sure, even iMessage. Video Chat – From Sci-Fi to Sci-Truth The concept … Read more