Instagram’s Encryption Rollback: What It Means for Your DMs & What Alternatives Exist

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RCS Encryption will let Android and iOS users send secure messages

The RCS communication protocol is basically next-gen SMS, adding support for features like typing indicators, read receipts, and higher-quality image, video, and file sharing features. Google has been ...

Apple moves closer to encrypted RCS for Android-iPhone messaging

Apple's iOS 26.5 beta reintroduces end-to-end encryption for RCS chats with Android, bringing a big security upgrade to cross ...
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Google Messages is slowly but surely testing cross-platform RCS encryption

Chris Thomas was a reporter at Android Police from 2022 until 2025. Google is pressing forward with the evolution of RCS by quietly rolling out tests for Messaging Layer Security (MLS), the protocol ...

iOS 26.5 Beta Continues RCS End-to-End Encryption Testing for iPhone and Android Messages

Apple tested end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messages exchanged between iPhone and Android users in the iOS 26.4 beta, ...