Keep messages from unknown numbers away from your inbox and out of sight. When Apple released iOS 26 in September 2025, the ...

Apple has slowly been ramping up the number of ways you can personalize the look of your iPhone, and in iOS 26 that customization treatment makes its way into the Messages app. Once you download the ...

While even tech-savvy users can fall for elaborate phishing scams, most attacks are designed to target less technically inclined people. With that in mind, the new Messages app in iOS 26 introduces ...

OS 26.4 is available for beta testers. The update adds new features for Apple Music, Podcasts, and more. Here's everything you need to know.

The latest public beta of iOS 26.4 is here. iOS 26.4 beta 4, to give it its full name, arrived March 9, allowing users access to the version already ...

A new message filtering system in iOS 26 could hurt political fundraisers by sending texts from unknown numbers to a separate inbox without notifications. While the feature is opt-in, some political ...

Apple released important fixes with its surprise iOS 26.3.1 update, but users have spotted problems.

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When iOS 26 first dropped, there was one pretty huge group chat bug. Some users complained that their messages to existing group chats were sent as individual chats instead of chats to the entire ...

When iOS 26 is released in a few weeks, the software update will introduce several key new features to your iPhone’s Messages app. Some of the most exciting of these new features — including typing ...