Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you receive a text message from your bank or from a delivery service while you’re waiting on a train platform or stuck in ...

If you buy a new phone, Google makes it easy to transfer most of your data, letting you pick up where you left off. However, text messages won't automatically be transferred to your new phone. So any ...

A few years ago, we could only send plain text messages with 160 characters. There was no option to include any media or attachments, which kept the messages close to 140 bytes. But the Messages app ...