Tricking out your iOS group texts is worth the tiny bit of effort

Essentials Week spotlights unexpected items that make our daily lives just a little bit better.

Between the election, the holidays, and the need to stay virtually connected to friends and family amid the pandemic, my group texts have been, shall we say, popping off. 

While this is usually a joy, group texts on iMessage can sometimes get a bad rap for their free-wheeling chaos and non-stop notifications. Luckily, Apple's updates to group texting over the years — and especially recent changes in the September release of iOS 14 — have made this sometimes irksome but nonetheless essential form of communication better in some unexpected ways. Read more...