Twitter is pouring a little more fuel on the messaging fire. It has added a heart+ button to its direct messaging interface, which lets users shortcut to a pop-up menu of seven emoji reactions so they ...

In Google Messages, you can send reactions to received messages with a selection of emoji, no matter who texted you. This guide will quickly show you how to react to messages. For a while now, Google ...

After debuting the Nano Banana-powered Remix feature front and center in Google Messages, Google is toning things down in a ...

After testing new delivered/read indicators and a photo picker redesign, Google Messages is beginning to roll out full emoji reactions for some users. For some time now, long-pressing on an RCS chat ...

Agreeing to a contract does not require everyone sitting around a table signing documents; sending a “thumbs up” text message emoji was sufficient to agree to a contract according to a recent Canadian ...

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Our online conversations are riddled with emoji, and while the amusing characters can be a creative way to express certain concepts between friends, how they’re interpreted can be a giant legal ...

Sending a "thumbs-up" emoji over text can have major legal implications after a judge in Canada ruled the simple response can represent agreeing to a legally binding contract. Justice T.J. Keene said ...

After several months of testing, Google Messages users on Android are now able to see emoji that iPhone users send. In a blog post on Thursday morning, Google revealed that the feature to translate ...

Apple announced a bunch of new features for iMessage in iOS 17. This includes emoji tapbacks and a new emoji stickers interface. The little-used iMessage apps have also been hidden away behind a ...

When words fall short, emojis reign supreme. Sometimes, adding an extra sprinkle of emotion and love to our messages is all you need to go the extra mile. With so many different heart emojis, there ...

The latest version of Google's Messages app seems to fix a long-standing issue for Android users: it finally displays reactions sent via Apple's iMessage correctly. As reported by 9to5 Google, the app ...