How to install and manage apps for Messages on iOS 17

Apple has made using Messages apps more convenient in iOS 17, but it's still a pain to delete them, it's not clear how you add any, and it's not obvious how you manage them, either. Here's how to get it all done.

By William Gallagher |

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Original unopened iPod to sell for record-breaking $29,000

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Russian kangaroo court fines Apple two seconds of profit over News row

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By Peter Cohen |

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South Korean under-30s tend to buy Android first, then switch to iPhone

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Apple Vision Pro users may get guided walkthroughs of iPhone and Mac

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For the first time, Linux gamers outnumber Mac in Steam's game census

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