Android makes it simple to switch from one default texting app to the next -- here's how to start messaging friends with Textra, Chomp, et al.

Google Messages is the go-to texting service for Android users. Google is in the process of rolling out two new Messages features: an Unsubscribe button to block spam, and a visually refined ...

The carrier's Android texting apps have sunset, and customers are encouraged to switch to Google Messages.

Now, texts could be longer, and users could send pictures and videos through text. Then, in 2011, the texting paradigm shifted again when Apple introduced its proprietary texting app, iMessage.

Sending a text you regret used to mean you had to live with it or rely on a third-party app like WhatsApp to bail you out.

Following that friendly reminder about its existence, I set out to unearth Android apps that tap into this possibility and offer up genuinely useful shortcuts tied to text selection.