Google Chat, the service formerly known as Hangouts Chat, has a new app that works on any PC with Chrome. The messaging service has long had a desktop application, but this Progressive Web App ...

Malta-based HTML5 and chat app games publisher FRVR has raised $3 million. The company aims to use the investment to expand into new markets such as Asia and onto new platforms. It also plans to hire ...

Bluesky does not offer end-to-end encryption for its DMs. This app wants to change that.

Last year Valve released Steam Chat for the desktop, and now its messaging service is fully mobile with a dedicated app for Android and iOS. Naturally, it cribs the desktop version's features ...

The vicissitudes of social distancing have taken many people by surprise, making video calls a new necessity for distant socializing. But which of the two dozen apps out there should you and your ...

Good news! Google has made using Temporary Chats an absolute no-brainer. All you have to do is click or tap the icon to the right of New Chat. When you do this, you'll see a banner above the chat ...

Google Chat is adding a new button that allows rich text formatting to be easier than the previous markdown-only options.

Twitter has acquired London-based Sphere, which operates an eponymous groups chat app, the latest in a series of recent moves from the social network as it looks to aggressively broaden and ...

Spotify's adding a new direct messaging feature to the mobile app to help users "hype" the content they love. Free and ...