Google is shutting off third-party access to its SMS data pipeline as part of Google Talk. Third party developers who apparently overwhelmed the system will no longer be able to use it. Josh Lowensohn ...

After trying to perform searches via Google SMS Search last week, many users discovered that the mobile search service had been discontinued. In the Google Web Search Help forum, a Google spokesperson ...

A username and password just won’t cut it anymore. Users around the world logging into Gmail have often relied on Google SMS pings to securely access their accounts, but that’s changing. Google now ...

Google is well known for its regular bouts of spring cleaning when it kills off a number of products in one fell swoop, but it also sometimes makes quick changes in between the bigger announcements.

You may not be familiar with this, but iOS has APIs to let third-party apps detect and alert users about spam calls and SMS. With iOS 16, the SMS filtering API is getting an update to support even ...

Jules joined the Android Police team in 2019. He currently produces videos, creates art for our stories, and edits our podcast. Before that, he wrote features and news, managed our weekend content, ...

Google is implementing major new Play Store rules for how Android's "SMS" and "Call Log" permissions are used. New Play Store rules will only allow certain types of apps to request phone call logs and ...