Google Chat gets a long-overdue Gmail feature (plus a new home on the web)

Google Chat can now be accessed right at chat.google.com in your browser. The old URLs still work, but Chrome extensions may need to be updated. Chat is also adding the ability to schedule messages in ...
VentureBeat

Google brings Gemini AI chat app to Workspace, boosting productivity for millions of enterprise users

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Google is adding Gemini chatbot to its business productivity suite, ...
CNET

Beeper Relaunch Lets You Link Your Chat Apps Without the Cloud, but Still No iMessage

Mike Sorrentino is a Senior Editor for Mobile, covering phones, texting apps and smartwatches -- obsessing about how we can make the most of them. Mike also keeps an eye out on the movie and toy ...
Android Police

Google Chat finally adds a feature that basically every other messaging app had for years

Chandraveer, a seasoned mechanical design engineer turned tech reporter and reviewer, brings more than three years of rich experience in consumer tech journalism to the table, having contributed to ...
BGR

8 Missing ChatGPT Features That The App Should Add Immediately

ChatGPT is my go-to AI app right now. I use it on Mac, iPhone, and iPad, with the first being my preferred way to interact with the AI. I'm also a ChatGPT Plus user, as I want faster access (at least ...
ZDNet

My 5 favorite AI chatbot apps for Android - see what you can do with them

ChatGPT developer OpenAI offers an Android version of its popular chatbot, but that official ChatGPT app isn't the only game in town. A host of third-party AI chat apps are also available for Android ...
Mashable

Spotify is now a chat app, too

Want to send a cool song or podcast to a friend? If you both use Spotify, you'll soon be able to message them directly through the app. On Tuesday, Spotify launched in-app Messages on mobile devices, ...
TechCrunch

Copilot Chat in GitHub’s mobile app is now generally available

GitHub on Tuesday announced that Copilot Chat, its AI chat interface for asking coding-related questions and code generation, is now generally available in its mobile app. The Microsoft-owned ...
TechCrunch

Match’s random video chat app Azar could be the next Chatroulette — for better or for worse

Azar has facilitated over 100 billion video chats with its app, which randomly connects strangers around the globe. But until recently, the Seoul-based app — which shares a parent company, Match, with ...

iOS 26’s Messages app adds five great new group chat features

OS 26 is packed full of changes for iPhone users, including five great new group chat features in the Messages app. Here’s what’s new.
The Washington Post

Not everything is secret in encrypted apps like iMessage and WhatsApp

This article is a preview of The Tech Friend newsletter. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Tuesday and Friday. One feature of apps such as iMessage and WhatsApp is that your texts or voice ...