Want to use iMessage on an Android phone? A returning messaging app promises a more complete Apple-style experience, but there are caveats to know.

Apple’s exclusive iMessage club got some newcomers late last year, thanks to Beeper Mini, an Android app that gives non-iPhones access to the blue bubble treatment. This means that an Android device ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you send a text from an iPhone to another iPhone, most of the time that text is blue. If you send a text from an iPhone to an ...

There’s good news and bad news for iPhone owners with Android friends. First the bad: Apple will probably never bring iMessage to Android. But on the bright side, it doesn’t need to. It’s impossible ...

Getting access to iMessage is probably one of the top reasons many people would choose an iPhone 17 over even the nicest Galaxy S26 or Pixel 10, but that may not be necessary anymore. Years after ...

The renowned but controversial iMessage for Android experience by Sunbird is now making its comeback with a new expansion. More users are eligible to access this experience despite not owning an ...

NEW YORK, Aug. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Sunbird Messaging, the app that brings iMessage to Android, is now available to everyone on the Google Play Store. More than 181,000 people signed up for early ...

Over the past several weeks, iMessage for Android has been a big topic of discussion and, for many, it comes back to why Android users seem to want iMessage so much. Personally, I don’t. iMessage for ...

Sunbird is returning to bring iMessage to Android after the company shut down its services due to security issues. The last time it was available, the company partnered with Nothing for the service ...

Beeper is returning to its original goal of building ‘the best chat app on earth,’ which involves putting all your messages in one place. Beeper is returning to its original goal of building ‘the best ...

Will was the Phones Editor at Android Police from August 2022 to May 2025, which usually meant his desk was covered in a dozen different smartphones at any given time. Prior to that, he was a news ...