iMessage

How to change iMessage bubble colors on iPhone or iPad

Siddharth Suvarna / September 27, 2021

iMessage is one of the main advantages of being part of the Apple ecosystem. The instant messaging service works across iOS, macOS, iPadOS, and watchOS, making it one of the obvious choice for Apple users. You can send messages, photos, videos, animojis, GIFs, documents, etc to anyone else using iMessage. It offers privacy with end-to-end encryption, and delivery/read receipts. However, iMessages still doesn't offer the option to customize the message bubble colors.

Apple TV+ shares Ted Lasso stickers

Christian Zibreg / August 13, 2021

“Ted Lasso” is one of the best shows available on Apple TV+, and now you can show your love for the project with the official Ted Lasso sticker pack that you can use in iMessage and Clips.

Apple isn’t ruling out expanding new child safety features to third-party apps

Evan Selleck / August 9, 2021

Apple can make waves with all sorts of types of announcements. Take for example its recent unveiling of new Expanded Protections for Children. This is a suite of features, three in total, that are aimed at helping protect children from abuse and exploitation. It's also meant to give even more information and resources to those who might be at risk.

Apple issues new FAQ regarding photo scanning in its Expanded Protections for Children

Evan Selleck / August 9, 2021

Early today, Apple released a dedicated frequently asked questions (FAQ) document regarding Expanded Protections for Children. This is the company's new initiative to help protect children against exploitation and abuse. While the intentions are good, it has ruffled a lot of feathers. Especially regarding one feature in the new protections.

Amnesty’s new tool checks if your iPhone has been infected with Pegasus spyware

Christian Zibreg / July 22, 2021

Israeli spyware company NSO Group claims its multi-million dollar surveillance tool, dubbed Pegasus, can extract data from services like Google Drive or iCloud via infected iPhones. Thankfully, Amnesty International's new tool can check if your phone runs Pegasus spyware.

Microsoft’s CEO says he’d welcome iMessage on Windows

Evan Selleck / June 24, 2021

Microsoft's CEO, Satya Nadella, sat down with The Wall Street Journal to talk about the company's latest announcement: Windows 11. Microsoft unveiled the big update earlier today. So of course the chief executive is ready to talk about what's new -- and what he'd still like to see.

iMessage, Health, Maps, and Safari are said to get ‘big updates’ at WWDC21

Evan Selleck / June 4, 2021

This Monday, June 7, Apple is going to kick off this year's Worldwide Developers Conference. And since it's the keynote, we're expecting to see the company showcase big updates for all of its platforms. Even tvOS, maybe. But it's some of the company's services that may get most of the attention.

How to monitor text messages on your child’s iPhone

Siddharth Suvarna / June 1, 2021

These days, most children have access to an iPhone or an iPad, either their own, or one that belongs to their parents. However, this could lead to the kids being exposed to inappropriate content, online predators, and such. Therefore, it's necessary that parents provide guidance and take precautions. The easiest way to keep an eye on your child and their phone usage is to monitor the device and text messages.

Contacy provides jailbreakers with a better notification interface for messaging apps

Anthony Bouchard / June 1, 2021

The notification system on the iOS & iPadOS platforms hasn’t changed much in recent years. The stale interface is certainly due for an upgrade, and with iOS & iPadOS 15’s announcement just around the corner, there’s still no telling whether it will receive any changes in the next update.

Fortunately for jailbreakers, sitting around and waiting for Apple to change stuff like this isn’t the only option. That’s because Contacy is a newly released jailbreak tweak by iOS developer XCXiao that brings a popular iOS & iPadOS notification concept originally seen on Reddit to fruition.

Some of the best jailbreak tweaks for iOS 14’s Messages app

Anthony Bouchard / July 13, 2021

Jailbreakers are continuously trying to tweak their devices to make them easier to use and/or more capable than they would be right out of the retail box. Fortunately, there’s no shortage of jailbreak tweaks that make this possible.

Given just how popular iMessage and SMS are for iPhone and iPad users (jailbroken and non-jailbroken alike), we’ve decided to make this piece to recap on a few different jailbreak tweaks that can upgrade the Messages app on iOS 14.

Snapify ports Snapchat’s Send button method to Apple’s Messages app

Anthony Bouchard / May 21, 2021

Heavy Snapchat users will recognize one particular workflow difference between messaging via the Snapchat app and messaging via Apple’s Messages app, be it iMessage or SMS; more specifically, it’s the lack of a Send button in the text field where you compose your message.

Nova is a new jailbreak tweak for scheduling outgoing SMS and iMessages

Anthony Bouchard / May 25, 2021

One of the things I’ve long wished to be able to do is schedule messages to be sent at a future date. Fast-forward many years later, and this still isn’t a native feature on the iPhone – not even for Apple’s feature-rich iMessage platform.