Learn how to use the new Drawing tool to handwrite or draw something personal and send it to friends and family from your iPhone and iPad.

The new Apple Invites app updates add an iMessage app and give hosts more control and easier social media sharing.

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Apple’s ecosystem isn’t held together by one killer feature. It’s the sum of dozens of small conveniences, which makes it difficult to leave.

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Learn how to make FaceTime calls and send iMessages to iPhones, iPads, and Macs that have the same Apple Account.

WhatsApp's latest beta hints at the messaging app gaining a long-overdue iMessage feature: the ability to schedule messages.

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If you set a custom background for a chat, you’ll never confuse it for another one. Learn how to set a background in Messages on iPhone.

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Follow these tips if you can’t change the iMessage background on iPhone in iOS 26 or if one added by a friend doesn’t appear on your device.

The ability to edit or unsend iMessages on your iPhone could come in clutch. Thankfully, it’s easy rewriting history in iMessage.

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T-Mobile's T-Satellite service powered by Starlink is now out of beta, and can be used by anyone, even AT&T and Verizon customers.

The new TypeMillennium jailbreak tweak provides a system-wide notification to let you know when someone starts typing iMessages to you.

Easily gather feedback and opinions from friends and family using the new polls feature in iMessage, available on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

Learn how to set an image or color-based animation as the chat background in the Apple Messages app on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Watch.

The IMRead jailbreak tweak lets you mark missed message notifications as read when you clear their notifications from other parts of iOS.

Learn how to set up and use FaceTime and iMessage on your iPhone without a phone number or SIM card, using only your Apple Account.

The ShootingStar jailbreak tweak lets you send any message via iMessage with the same Shooting Star effect you get from sending "Eid Mubarak."

Support for end-to-end encryption for texts between iPhone and Android is coming soon via the Rich Communication Services (RCS) 3.0 protocol.