Apple highlighted the upcoming arrival of encrypted RCS messages between iPhones and Androids in its new iOS 26.5 update.

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The latest test version of iOS 26.5 includes a changelog about bringing some new protections to texts. The smartphone ...

Apple joined the RCS bandwagon last year, giving its users the ability to exchange rich text messages with their Android counterparts. The only problem? Those messages are not encrypted, ...

Apple says it will add support for a new Rich Communication Services (RCS) specification that includes end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for messages sent over the protocol in future software updates ...

Apple may be close to implementing encryption for RCS messages. The signs of this were reportedly discovered in iOS 26.3 Beta 2. This will finally enable encrypted messaging between Android and ...

Users of Android and iPhone smartphones can now benefit from end-to-end Gmail encryption, for any recipient, Google has confirmed. But there’s a catch.

iOS 26.5 Will Likely Bring End-to-End Encrypted RCS Messaging to Your iPhone ...