How to Get Out of Any Group Chat on iPhone or Android

Mike Sorrentino is a Senior Editor for Mobile, covering phones, texting apps and smartwatches -- obsessing about how we can make the most of them. Mike also keeps an eye out on the movie and toy industry, and outside of work enjoys biking and pizza making.

One of the top reasons group chats are preferred on either Apple's iMessage or RCS texting over Google Messages is the increased level of control and security both services allow. Whether you're an iPhone owner and everyone in your group is texting from an Apple device, or you're on team Android chatting with other Android users over RCS, your conversations have typing indicators, high-quality media sharing and, when you need your phone to buzz less, the ability to mute a conversation or outright leave it. Most importantly, iMessage and RCS group chats on Google Messages offer end-to-end encryption unless ...