Apple's iOS 26.5 preps RCS encryption with Android
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Apple is preparing encrypted RCS support for iPhone, a change that could make messaging with Android users more secure and reduce reliance on SMS.
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 verge of a cross-platform solution without relying on over-the-tops like WhatsApp or Signal, but here we finally are. Almost.
Apple’s upcoming iOS 26.5 update will introduce end-to-end encryption for RCS messages between iPhones and Android devices, a first for cross-platform texting on this scale. The feature, still in beta, will roll out gradually through supported carriers ...