Technology giants love to gatekeep, and secure messaging is one of those benefits that Apple has long held for its own kind.

The RCS communication protocol is basically next-gen SMS, adding support for features like typing indicators, read receipts, and higher-quality image, video, and file sharing features. Google has been ...

Google and Apple today announced that testing of encrypted RCS messaging between Android and iPhone is now underway. Part of the RCS Universal Profile from the GSMA, messages between Android and iOS ...

Apple is now testing end-to-end encryption for RCS between iPhones and Android devices in iOS 26.4 Beta 2. This builds on last week’s rollout for iPhones only. The feature is still in beta and won’t ...

It’s been less than a year since iPhones were granted the ability to send messages to Green Bubbles unfettered, and only now is proper end-to-end encryption making an appearance. Better late than ...

iPhone & Android Users: A Major Privacy Upgrade is Coming Soon Your email has been sent Cross-platform encrypted messaging between iPhone and Android is coming soon ...

Great news for Xiaomi users! Soon, you can send fully encrypted messages to iPhone users using RCS messaging. The GSMA has introduced a new standard for messaging, which allows Android and iPhone ...

Apple's iOS 26.4 beta has introduced end‑to‑end encrypted RCS messaging between iPhones and Android phones. The rollout currently targets developers and early adopters on both platforms in line with ...

When Apple released Messages with RCS support in iOS 18 last year, it was missing a key security feature: end-to-end encryption. At the time, Apple said it would wait until encryption was part of the ...