# Messages

> Social Networking

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1146560473](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1146560473)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1146560473`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Apple
- **Category:** Social Networking
- **Rating:** 4.10 / 5 (38,202 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-12-12
- **First published:** 2021-10-25
- **Size:** 5.32 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-05
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/messages/id1146560473)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/en-ww/](https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/en-ww/)

## Description

Messages is a Chrome extension that brings rich, cross-platform texting to your browser. Send texts, photos, videos, audio, documents, stickers, and more to contacts using iMessage, RCS, SMS, or MMS, with support for Apple IDs or phone numbers. Features like Send Later, edit, and unsend give you flexible control over your messages, while inline replies, mentions, and pinning help keep conversations organized.

Additional capabilities include on-device spam filtering, translation of incoming texts, screen filtering for unknown numbers, and a variety of iMessage integrations (iMessage apps, Check In, iCloud history, SharePlay) that keep you connected across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Vision Pro. Experience a connected messaging ecosystem without leaving Chrome.

## Rankings

- #8,295 — Overall
- #1 — message
- #1 — messages
- #10 — messenger
- #20 — version
- #24 — settings

## Review summary

Reviewers largely praise iMessage for reliable messaging, strong security, and Apple-device integration, but multiple reviews cite spam abuse, occasional delivery delays, Android cross‑platform friction, and several UI bugs (search not working, forwarding issues, typing indicators).

### Pros

- Reliable messaging performance and ease of use across Apple devices
- Strong security and privacy features (alerts on new devices)
- Excellent integration within the Apple ecosystem (iPhone/iPad) and seamless cross‑device use
- Overall positive sentiment and satisfaction with iMessage as a texting app

### Cons

- Spam/unwanted messages and scams are a common complaint
- Delivery and sending issues including delays or messages not delivering consistently
- Cross‑platform friction with Android and perceived lack of feature parity
- UX/UI bugs and inconsistencies (search not working, forwarding issues, typing indicator behavior)

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1146560473)