The simple truth is that the mobile era didn’t kill direct marketing, but it just showed which channels actually work when ...

In part one, we saw how to create the bare bones of an SMS app. That is to say, we created a utility that could send and receive messages but that wasn’t exactly in a state to replace your current ...

SMS is not as popular as it once way, mainly due to instant messaging applications. SMS is still around, though, and people are using it. In some regions, in fact, SMS is still extremely popular. That ...

SMS may not be nearly as popular as it used to be, but many people still use it. It’s still quite essential in a number of ways, and there’s a reason why it survived for so long. In some regions, it’s ...

In spite of being in existence since the inception of smartphones, SMS apps oddly seem to be going through a technological refresh of late. In addition to adopting smarter algorithms to segregate and ...

Pulse SMS remains one very popular app for millions of users on Android, so it’s no surprise that many of those who already installed it run it on Android Auto too. Not a long time ago, it was ...

The default Android SMS app gets the job done. It allows you to send and receive text messages, and it does so in an intuitive way. But what if you want something more, something better? In such case, ...

The entire world shifted from Short Message Service (SMS) to other chat services like WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, etc. The feature-rich alternative messaging apps lured users and have been improving ...

Cody has been writing with Android Police for ten years. While best known for the hundreds of APK Teardowns and breaking news on many of Google’s new products and services, he also covers deeper ...

First, head into the Settings menu by pulling down the notification shade and tapping on the gear icon. From there, select Apps & notifications from the list of different submenus. In this menu, find ...

There's been a proliferation of SMS blocking applications on the Android Market as spammers shift from email lists to text messages. While some SMS blocking applications specialize in protecting your ...