With the second iOS 26.4 beta, Apple and Google have started testing end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messages exchanged between iPhone and Android users. Apple started testing E2EE for RCS in the ...

After the first beta was iPhone to iPhone only, the second iOS 26.4 developer beta lets iPhones and Androids trade fully ...

Apple added RCS to the iPhone, but crucially, the current implementation lacks end-to-end encryption. That's changing in the latest beta.

Apple is testing secure messaging between Android and iOS devices with iOS 26.4, iPadOS 26.4, and macOS Tahoe 26.4. The ...

Google and Apple today announced that testing of encrypted RCS messaging between Android and iPhone is now underway.

Last year, Apple confirmed that it’d be supporting end-to-end encryption with RCS in a future software update. At the ...

Apple is starting to test end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) RCS messages with the developer beta of iOS 26.4 released Monday. Apple announced plans last year to support the feature, and once fully available ...

Apple added RCS support to iPhone with iOS 18.1, enabling richer cross-platform messaging between iPhone and Android users. This ...

Apple introduces end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging, enhanced memory protections, and default Stolen Device Protection in iOS 26.4 developer beta.

Taking to X this week, the Meta–owned app tweeted: 'people who end messages with "lol" we see you, we honor you.' This was likely meant as a light–hearted quip, with 'lol' seen by many as a less ...