Apple is finally starting to test secure RCS messaging between iPhone and Android

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

iOS 26.4 Beta Adds End-to-End Encryption for iPhone-to-Android RCS Texts

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 ...
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'RCS', which allows you to send high-quality images between Android and iPhone and display ...

iOS 18, which was officially released on September 16, 2024, introduced the Rich Communication Services (RCS) standard, which enables the exchange of multi-functional messages between different ...