After years of broken messaging between iPhone and Android, Apple and Google are rolling out end-to-end encryption for chats.

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

As part of the iOS 26.5 update, Apple’s Messages app can now encrypt texts between some iPhone and Android smartphones.

Google had urged Apple for years to support RCS texting to make communication between each company's devices more seamless.

End-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messages between iPhone and Android devices is coming in iOS 26.5, Apple confirmed today. The feature is listed in Apple's iOS 26.5 release notes. Apple says ...

End-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messages between iPhone and Android devices is officially available, Apple confirmed today. Support is included in iOS 26.5, which is now available to everyone.

Apple's iOS 26.5 RC introduces E2EE for RCS, finally bringing secure, encrypted messaging to conversations between iPhone and Android users.

OS 26.5 adds encrypted RCS support for iPhone and Android chats, but users should look for the lock indicator before assuming cross-platform conversations are protected.

Apple’s iOS 26.5 update adds encrypted texting, eight emojis, accessibility updates and fresh Apple Music features for iPhone users. See what's new.

It comes with the release of iOS 26.5. After many years of anticipation, Apple finally added support for RCS in iOS 18 in late 2024, and it's been ...

The immediate benefit of this upgrade is straightforward: when an RCS conversation is end-to-end encrypted, the messages cannot be read while they travel between devices. Users wi ...

Apple and Google start rolling out end-to-end encrypted RCS chats in beta for iPhone owners and Android phone users. As Managing Editor, I lead CNET's mobile team, covering news and reviews on ...