Your iPhone RCS chats with Android are encrypted in iOS 26.5
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A forthcoming update means new features and changes, including end-to-end encryption for texts sent between iPhones and Android phones. Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is just one month away.
Messaging gets safer: iOS 26.5 adds end-to-end encryption for RCS chats between iPhone and Android on supported carriers, matching iMessage's security protections. Major security patches: Over 50 vulnerabilities were fixed across systems like WebKit ...
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With iOS 26.4 beta 2, Apple announced it will finally start offering developers the ability to test RCS end-to-end encryption between iOS and Android devices. While this new message standard won't be available once iOS 26.4 is officially released, it seems ...