Signal points out that plaintext SMS messages are insecure and this is the biggest reason why the company has chosen to do away with SMS support. (Photo Credit: Reuters) Popular messaging app Signal ...

Although SMS remains the only way to be sure of reaching anyone with a mobile number, in any country, very few apps currently support it. That’s partly due to the age of the protocol, and partly to ...

Signal plans to stop supporting SMS and MMS on its Android app in the coming months, according to a company blog post. The messaging platform cited security and privacy of users, and people confusing ...

Signal is removing the option to send and receive SMS messages in its Android app. Folks who currently use Signal as their default SMS app will receive alerts advising them to switch to a different ...

The Android operating system offers native support for third-party texting apps. Google Messages might be ubiquitous with texting on Android, but plenty of third-party developers have built their own ...