After Apple seeded its second beta build of iOS 18.4 to developers for testing this week, many testers took to Reddit and various other social media platforms to share that Rich Communication Services (RCS) became available on handsets powered by carriers that previously didn’t support it – namely some of T-Mobile’s smaller Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) in the United States.
If you haven’t already heard, Apple announced plans to incorporate RCS (Rich Communication Services) to supplant SMS and MMS in a future iOS update. This is a major departure from Apple’s previous stance on this issue and was undoubtedly fueled by hard pushes from global governments and end users alike.
Learn how to use inline replies in Messages, a feature that lets you reply to a specific message in a conversation on your iPhone or iPad.
Learn how to use direct mentions to make a text to someone standout in a group conversation on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
Learn how to create and send beautiful handwritten text using Apple's built-in Messages app on your iPhone and iPad for that personal touch.
Whether you simply have too many messages or one in particular that you want to remove, here’s how to delete text messages on your iPhone or iPad.
Being able to participate in group messages on iPhone, iPad, and Mac is a cool way to communicate with friends or family. You might make plans together, chat about your favorite show, or just use it as a hangout.
One way to have easy access to that group conversation is to give it a name. This way, you can find it quickly when you need to in your conversation list. This tutorial shows you how to do that.
There are some things to get used to if you’re a new Mac user, especially if you’re switching from Windows. From the different labels and locations for items to how to use the Dock to your advantage, we try to cover it all for those new to macOS on iDB.
As another how-to in our series, we’re going to walk through how to set up and use the built-in Messages app on Mac.
Learn how to add a subject line to your iPhone messages to let the recipient know the topic and make text stand out with bold formatting.
If you just got finished jailbreaking your iPhone and you’ve been anticipating the idea of porting Android-style keyboard-centric haptic feedback over to your handset’s typing experience, then you just might come to appreciate a new jailbreak tweak called HapticKeys by iOS developer colecabral.
HapticKeys does exactly what it sounds like; like with most forms of haptic feedback, it provides a small amount of vibration each and every time you tap on any of the iOS keyboard’s buttons.
Group text messages can often get out of control, with several participants sending messages in quick succession. In such situations, you can either leave the group text or hide group text alerts and see them later.
This brief tutorial will show you how to turn off notifications for group iMessage or SMS conversations on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. We will also share a pro tip that ensures you're instantly notified of the group message with you in it, even if that group conversation is muted!
Learn how to leave group chats in Apple’s built-in Messages app on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac to cut down on notifications and enjoy peace when you need it.