iOS 26.4 beta adds support for testing end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging

Apple added RCS support to iPhone with iOS 18.1, enabling richer cross-platform messaging between iPhone and Android users. This ...

iPhone users can test encrypted RCS texts to Android in iOS 26.4 beta 2

After the first beta was iPhone to iPhone only, the second iOS 26.4 developer beta lets iPhones and Androids trade fully ...
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Texting between Android and iPhone could soon get a major security upgrade

Apple previously confirmed plans to add end-to-end encryption to RCS messages in a future software update We’ve now spotted code that suggests end-to-end encryption could be coming to RCS messages on ...

RCS encryption surfaces in iOS 26.4 developer beta, but testing is extremely limited

Apple has taken a small step toward securing cross-platform messaging, with early RCS encryption support now appearing in the ...