If you're not rushing to update your iPhone to iOS 26 anytime soon, these are important iOS 18 settings you can change now. Jeff Carlson writes about mobile technology for CNET. He is also the author ...

Instead, you need to open and register Signal on the new phone and select an iOS transfer. Then you use a QR code to connect the old and new iPhones and a transfer will begin. Be warned — that ...

In an emergency, some Android phones can use satellites to send texts instead of cell networks. For non-emergencies, Wi-Fi can be used, even to Apple devices.

Whether you’ve been friends for a week or 20 years, text messages can be a great way to show your friends that you’re thinking about them, regardless of whether you frequently see them or are ...

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.

If you want to recover a text message, tap on the thread or message so that it's selected, hit Recover on the bottom right, and then tap Recover Message in the pop-up that appears. You can also ...