You can screen share from your Mac to someone else’s Mac directly using iMessage — no third-party apps or downloads required. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos)

WhatsApp is rolling out voice message transcript support to transcribe the voice notes that you recieve to text. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos)

Apple paid Globalstar $1.1 billion to provide hardware necessary for the iPhone’s Messages via satellite service that debuted in iOS 18. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos)

New iMessage feature allows children to report nudity to Apple Apple is introducing a new feature to iMessage – coming first to Australia before rolling out globally – that will allow children to report nudity in images and videos being sent to them directly to the company, which could then report the messages to police. Australia is the first region to get the new feature due to new laws coming into force that require tech companies to police child abuse and terror content on cloud and messaging services that operate in Australia by the end of 2024. Josh Taylor for The Guardian: ‎ The change comes as part of Thursday’s beta releases of the new versions of Apple’s operating systems…

Location sharing is a highly versatile and useful feature of iOS. It proves super-handy in big public spaces like malls, amusement parks and stadiums. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos)

iMessage and FaceTime are acting up for some users, according to Apple's system status page. Some users are "experiencing a problem" with iMessage and FaceTime, the page says. Apple says it is "investigating" and will provide a status update when possible. The issues began shortly after 5 a.m. Pacific Time, according to Apple. At this time, there does not appear to be a widespread iMessage or FaceTime outage. Instead, the services are experiencing "performance" issues, according to Apple. We'll update this story when Apple's system status page says the issues are resolved.Tags: FaceTime, iMessage, System StatusThis article, "Apple Says Some Users Experiencing iMessage and FaceTime Issues" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums