Here are some of the new features iOS 26.5 brings to your iPhone. End-to-end encrypted RCS messaging on your device. The iOS ...

The changes in Apple’s iOS 26.5 include end-to-end encryption for messages sent between iPhones and Android devices.

Apple is still labeling RCS encryption as a beta feature in iOS 26.5. It is enabled by default. You can toggle it on or off ...

Your iPhone RCS chats with Android are encrypted in iOS 26.5: How to verify E2E is enabled ...

RCS messaging is now rolling out in beta through iOS 26.5, developed in collaboration with Google and the GSMA, the ...

Apple says it will add support for a new Rich Communication Services (RCS) specification that includes end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for messages sent over the protocol in future software updates. "End ...

Messages between people on Instagram will lose the tightest encryption they once had, though other Meta apps will keep it ...

The most-used messaging gap in the world is about to close. Apple has confirmed that the next iPhone software release will encrypt every text sent between iPhon ...

Apple may be close to implementing encryption for RCS messages. The signs of this were reportedly discovered in iOS 26.3 Beta 2. This will finally enable encrypted messaging between Android and Apple ...

There has now been a change spotted on Google Messages, which saw the "No Encryption" logo gone from under each chat sent to Apple's iPhone RCS, indicating that end-to-end encryption may arrive soon.

Users of Android and iPhone smartphones can now benefit from end-to-end Gmail encryption, for any recipient, Google has confirmed. But there’s a catch.