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Apple will, at long last, enabling end-to-end encryption for RCS messages, allowing iPhones and Android phones to text each other with the security encryption provides for the first time.

Spot a blue dot in Android Messages? It means RCS. Get richer photos, typing indicators and end-to-end encryption—plus how to switch it on.

Google advertises that conversations on its platform, Google Messages, are end-to-end encrypted. While this is often true, there are plenty of situation where chats are not encrypted.

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While RCS on Android has supported end-to-end encryption for years, there’s a key limitation: end-to-end encryption only works if both users are on Google Messages.

On Messages for Android, a blue dot or chat icon indicates that the specific conversation or contact you're talking to has ...