For a buck, Animated Color Messages from SSA Mobile can add a certain flair to your iOS Messages conversation. It's a simple app to use. You choose a font, a text color or background pattern, or even ...

SINGAPORE--Philips mobile phone users will soon be able to send graphics and sound-enhanced short messaging service (SMS) messages to each other. Called Iconimations, these animated messages are a ...

Animated emoji within Google Messages were first spotted by Reddit user BruthaBeige and subsequently shared on the Google Messages subreddit. Android expert Mishaal Rahman also received a tip about ...

Chethan is a reporter at Android Police, focusing on the weekend news coverage for the site. He has covered tech for over a decade with multiple publications, including the likes of Times Internet, ...

There’s no shortage of apps hoping to the ride the ephemeral messaging wave made popular by Snapchat. But the challenge remains how to offer something different whilst not deviating too far from ‘the ...

Google is enhancing its Messages app with animated emoji reactions, adding a touch of vibrancy and expressiveness to conversations. The feature was first discovered in the beta version of Google ...

Born and raised in video games and "geek culture," Masoud has been bred off of fantasy worlds his entire life and doesn't see anything wrong with that. He loves RPGs (especially TRPGs), sandbox games, ...

After widely rolling out on Android, Google Messages for web has received the updated branding and animated emoji. This small change adds the four-color “G” in front of “Messages” in the top-left ...

One of the Apple apps that got a significant upgrade in the recently released iOS 17 is Messages. The accuracy of its auto-correct feature has been improved, and the ability to look up old messages is ...

Google Messages has added a new animation for sending and receiving messages, which is subtle yet fancier than the previous one. New app animations are perceived as a sign of app maturity, indicating ...