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Justin Bieber turned a relatable iPhone irritation into a viral moment after publicly venting about a recurring iMessage interface bug. The popstar joked about wanting to “choke” the Apple engineers ...

On a Friday night, Bieber took to X (formerly Twitter) to voice his annoyance with the dictation feature of iMessage. He expressed his frustration by stating, "If I hit this dictation button after ...

Apple today updated its iMessage troubleshooting support document to add a scenario that can occur in iOS 26. If you don't activate iMessage or an eSIM when setting up a new iPhone with ‌iOS 26‌, it ...

Since the release of iOS 26 in September, iPhone users have experienced myriad issues. Whether it was the Calendar bug which made it difficult to search for specific keywords or the fact that some ...

iPhone users on iOS 26, iMessage activation may be blocked by an inactive SIM — here's how to fix it. Some users are finding that they can't activate iMessage with their phone number. This results in ...

Apple has an official fix for users who can't activate iMessage after updating to iOS 26. The issue has to do with an inactive SIM or eSIM following the update. Removing or deleting the inactive SIM ...

If your texts are falling back to SMS, try these steps to ensure that Apple's Messages app is properly functioning. I started my career with CNET all the way back in 2005, when the (original) Motorola ...

Apple proudly claims that iPhone users globally consider iMessage to be one of the most secure SMS services. More than 8 billion iPhone users across the world reportedly use the app. It offers strong ...

Cybercriminals are exploiting a trick to turn off Apple iMessage's built-in phishing protection for a text and trick users into re-enabling disabled phishing links. With so much of our daily ...