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

Google and Apple today announced that testing of encrypted RCS messaging between Android and iPhone is now underway.

RCS (“Chat features”) in Google Messages can be great when it works: typing indicators, better group chats, higher-quality media, and Wi‑Fi messaging in some cases. When it doesn’t work, the symptoms ...

Apple notes that the encrypted messages are just a test and aren't available for all devices, carriers, or regions yet.

Apple has released the second beta of iOS 26.4, expanding end-to-end encryption for RCS messages to include Android users.

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Airtel and Google have partnered to provide a secure messaging experience, aiming to significantly reduce mobile spam and digital fraud for millions of users in India.

Apple’s iOS 26.4 beta introduces encrypted RCS messaging on iPhones, but cross-platform Android security support remains uncertain for now.

RCS is a developed communication protocol that modernizes text messaging using a user’s mobile data plan to send text messages via SMS or MMS. Google began promoting widespread use of RCS in 2019, ...