How to SMS with Google Voice from Any Mobile Phone [Smarterware] Smarterware is Lifehacker editor emeritus Gina Trapani's new home away from 'hacker.

Enabling RCS chats on Android only takes a few taps. Make sure you have an active SIM card inserted in your phone, and, in ...

Google will soon ditch SMS codes for two-factor authentication for Gmail accounts. QR codes will be used instead of SMS codes. This change will reduce the impact of rampant, global SMS abuse.

SMS messages are something of a security disaster—and now for two-factor authentication, Google is doing something about it.

SMS 2FA codes pose risks for account security. It's an easily exploitable method due to a lack of encryption and easy interception ...

Both Rick and I have pointed out the great new(ish) Google products for cellphones: 1-800-GOOG-411 and Google SMS. Deciding which one to use is more than a matter of preferring to talk or use your ...

Google Messages is testing a nudge that'll let you remind your friends to flip on RCS if they haven’t already.

Google shut down its SMS Search service late last week, leaving users of other Google SMS services wondering about the fates of those tools.

Google rolled out a new look and feel for two-factor authentication earlier this year, and soon it will encourage people still using the text message-based system to try it out. Google Prompt pops ...

After a surprise announcement made its way onto reddit last night, Google has spent a good chunk of the morning doing plenty of clarifying over what’s actually happening with Hangouts and SMS ...

Gmail SMS Authentication Is Shutting Down in Favor of QR Code Verification—Is This a More Secure Method? SMS is already outdated and unsafe, says Google.