If your texts are falling back to SMS, try these steps to ensure that Apple's Messages app is properly functioning. I started my career with CNET all the way back in 2005, when the (original) Motorola ...

iPhone users on iOS 26, iMessage activation may be blocked by an inactive SIM — here's how to fix it. Some users are finding that they can't activate iMessage with their phone number. This results in ...

Don't miss out on our latest stories. Add PCMag as a preferred source on Google. Apple released iOS 26 last month, and as is usually the case with a new mobile OS release, it included a few bugs, from ...

Messages is designed to sync across all your devices logged into to the same iCloud account. iMessages sync by default; SMS/MMS and RCS messages sync if you’ve enabled access to them from your iPhone.