AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.

In iOS 26, Apple has added new call filtering options to FaceTime. You can still silence unknown callers, but you can now have missed calls and voicemails from unsaved numbers sorted into an Unknown ...

Tap and hold the conversation you want to pin, then select the "Pin" option that appears at the top. The Google Messages app currently allows you to pin up to 20 conversations. In the future, when you ...

You can delete Instagram messages in two different ways – by deleting an entire conversation or by "unsending" a message.

Here's how to delete individual messages and conversations on your iPhone's Messages app, with steps to set up an auto-delete ...

iOS 26 introduces several new mechanics to the iPhone, including an option to change the background on individual conversations in the Messages app. The only downside to this, though, is that if one ...

In iOS 26, Apple has introduced enhanced message filtering that gives you more control over unwanted texts, separating spam messages from unknown senders into distinct categories. Here's how to set up ...

When Apple released iOS 26 on Sept. 15, the update included a call screening feature to help block spam calls to your iPhone, and it can screen texts from unknown senders to keep your inbox spam free.

Google Messages has been working on a system to let you @mention other users in chats. Users who are mentioned in such a manner should see an @ symbol next to the chat. Messages may automatically ...

Our earliest experiences—roughly the first five years of our life—have a profound effect on us because they are our first experiences. It’s like we’re born with a blank slate and these experiences ...

Android's Key Verifier tool is live in Google Messages, helping you make sure your contacts are who you think they are.

Apple regularly adds new capabilities to its messaging app, and iOS/iPadOS 26 kicks in several helpful new features. Here’s ...