Tyler has worked on, lived with and tested all types of smart home and security technology for over a dozen years, explaining the latest features, privacy tricks, and top recommendations. With degrees ...

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Google Messages has required users to tap a button when they want to start a new group chat. Messages is now switching to a new workflow that treats new chats like groups by default. For one-on-one ...