OS 26.5 adds encrypted RCS support for iPhone and Android chats, but users should look for the lock indicator before assuming cross-platform conversations are protected.

Apple added support for the more modern messaging protocol with iOS 18 in 2024, but it wasn’t end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) at ...

Apple’s iOS 26.5 release candidate points to RCS encryption, Maps ad changes, EU device support, and App Store subscription ...

End-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messages between iPhone and Android devices is coming in iOS 26.5, Apple confirmed today ...

Back in February, Google and Apple confirmed that they had begun testing end-to-end encryption (E2EE) through RCS when ...

Apple's iOS 26.5 RC introduces E2EE for RCS, finally bringing secure, encrypted messaging to conversations between iPhone and ...

OS 26.5 includes three new features for iPhones, according to Apple's release notes for the update, which is expected to be ...

OS 26.5’s RC is available now, and Apple has confirmed that the update will bring a key RCS upgrade we’ve been waiting for.

All change for iPhone Updated on May 5 as Apple confirms change to iPhone. Timing is everything. Excitement is building with ...

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

I've been writing about Android since 2011, with a focus on device reviews, Samsung and Google Pixel hardware, and the latest ...

Apple changed the messaging landscape in 2011, enabling full encryption for its new iMessage platform from the start. It seems extraordinary that it has taken a further 15-years to bring us to the ...