Your iPhone-to-Android Texts Are About to Get a Major Upgrade
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Apple is about to fix one of the big blind spots of messaging between iPhone and Android. With iOS 26.5, RCS conversations will be able to benefit from end-to-end encryption — provided that the operator, application and both devices are compatible. The small padlock becomes the real signal to watch The most important new [...] L-article iOS 26.5: Apple adds RCS encryption between iPhone and Android appeared first on BlogNT: the Blog of New Techn…
Apple has confirmed that iOS 26.5 will add end-to-end encryption to RCS messages sent between iPhone and Android devices. MacRumors reports, based on Apple's update notes, that the feature is still in beta status and will be rolled out gradually to carriers that support the latest version of the RCS standard.
iPhone-Android RCS messaging finally gets the security upgrade we've been waiting for
Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Apple has released the iOS 26.5 release candidate, which officially introduces end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS conversations between iPhone and Android. A new encryption toggle in the Messages settings will now be enabled by default, preventing third parties from intercepting chats. While currently in the RC phase, the feature is expected to reach the stable branch and become widely available t…
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