What if Instagram could automatically tell your Close Friends you’re 🏠 (home), 🤓 (working), 🚗 (on the move) or 🛋️ (chilling and might want to hang out)? That’s the idea behind Instagram’s new ...

While Messages and RCS is how Google wants you to message friends, Google Chat also fits that role and the company today reminded people of that personal use case. Google is out today with a “7 new ...

As data scientist Izzy Miller puts it, the group chat is “a hallowed thing” in today’s society. Whether located on iMessage, WhatsApp, or Discord, it’s the place where you and your best friends hang ...

Earlier this week Valve rolled its new, improved social system out of beta. From today everyone using Steam can now try out its “richer” chat and Friends List features regardless of whether they’re ...

Steam has announced a slew of new updates to its chat and social features, all currently part of an opt-in beta program. The beta update allows Steam users to group their friends into a “favorites” ...

If you have a friend or relative living a bit further away than you'd like, you can stay in touch with the magic of video chat. It's actually quite simple to set up; here's how to do it. You can check ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Social distancing has made many people miss all of the group activities we’re used to, like watching movies with ...

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Steam’s overhauled chat client is now available to all Steam users. The client, which comes off as Valve’s answer to Discord, had been available in beta since June. The bottom line: the client is a ...

In many ways, the Nintendo Switch is a very forward facing console. It allows you to take big budget experiences on the go, making big on a promise that hasn’t worked out for its competitors so far.