Gaming is no longer about who owns which device. Xbox, PlayStation, PC, and even mobile—players are connected in ways that seemed impossible a decade ago. Cross-play changed everything. Yet, one ...

If you're an Xbox gamer who prefers to use Discord to chat with friends, Microsoft now enables you to use the platform natively through your Xbox. This is a very convenient feature for anyone who's a ...

To join a party via code, click the icon between 'Invite to Party' and '+ Add Friends'. As with any Call of Duty game, you ...

ChatGPT’s new Group Chat feature lets you collaborate with up to 20 people — and the AI — in the same thread. Here’s how it ...

Michael has been writing about entertainment since 2016, but he's been a gamer since playing Pac-Man in the arcade, Kings Quest 3 on the PC, and the Sega Master System he got from his late father. In ...

Izzy Miller downloaded 500,000 messages from his seven-year group chat, then trained an AI language model to replicate his friends — learning details about their lives and imitating the way they speak ...

With Apple’s RCS for iPhone announcement, Google is undoubtedly moving full steam ahead on Messages and RCS as its consumer messaging app. It is inherently aligned with Android, which bodes well for ...

While running an expedition in Elden Ring Nightreign with other players, using a voice chat would be helpful — would being the operative word there. Nightreign sadly offers minimal communication ...

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Zach began writing for CNET in November, 2021 after writing for a broadcast news station in his hometown, Cincinnati, for five years. You can usually find him reading and drinking coffee or watching a ...