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YouTube is expanding support for in-app messaging to more countries, including the US. Users aged 18 or older, who are logged into a YouTube channel, can send and receive messages within the app. It ...

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After testing got underway last year, YouTube is now more widely rolling out a new in-app messaging system. The aim is to let people “connect over their favorite videos directly on YouTube.” Once ...

Samsung Messages stops working for US users this July. Here's the fastest way to move your texts and message history to Google Messages before the cutoff. Omar Gallaga has covered technology, digital ...

After years of development, WhatsApp is reportedly rolling out a redesigned message menu for Android. Similar to the iPhone, the new interface is likely to come with a cleaner contextual layout that ...

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