Google has quietly redrawn the line between work and private life by letting employers see the full history of text conversations on company phones. What had long felt like an informal back channel ...

Starting November 2025, Google's Android RCS Archival feature fundamentally reshapes workplace surveillance by enabling ...

A new Android update allows employers to access and archive messages on your phone.

Google Messages is testing a new long-press shortcut to quickly switch SIMs while composing messages. The feature reduces the ...

This update has sparked concerns about employee privacy, as employers can now access messages that were previously considered ...

A recent update in the way Google Messages works will now allow employers to archive and review all text and RCS ...

Mike Sorrentino is a Senior Editor for Mobile, covering phones, texting apps and smartwatches -- obsessing about how we can make the most of them. Mike also keeps an eye out on the movie and toy ...

It turns out Google Messages supports text formatting, but currently, only the integrated Gemini chatbot can use it to format its own replies. The hidden feature uses Markdown syntax, as seen when the ...

Maybe you made a typo — or, worse, hit send on a regrettable “drunk text.” Google Messages users can now stop hangxiety before it starts thanks to a new — and long-awaited — feature that un-sends a ...

Mike Sorrentino is a Senior Editor for Mobile, covering phones, texting apps and smartwatches -- obsessing about how we can make the most of them. Mike also keeps an eye out on the movie and toy ...