Apple testing RCS Android iPhone encryption in iOS 26.4 Beta 2. Secure cross-platform texting is coming, but not shipping ...

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

Apple is testing encrypted RCS messaging in iOS 26.4 beta — but it's not available if you want to message Android phones.

After the first beta was iPhone to iPhone only, the second iOS 26.4 developer beta lets iPhones and Androids trade fully ...

Apple is testing secure messaging between Android and iOS devices with iOS 26.4, iPadOS 26.4, and macOS Tahoe 26.4. The ...

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

With the second iOS 26.4 beta, Apple and Google have started testing end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messages exchanged between iPhone and Android users. Apple started testing E2EE for RCS in the ...

T-Mobile handles over 613 million RCS messages daily, managing over 50% of US RCS traffic. RCS adoption has nearly tripled in 5 years, with over a billion RCS messages sent daily in the US. Apple's ...

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

Apple testing encrypted RCS in iOS 26.4 beta is big news for privacy, but two major caveats mean you shouldn't get too ...

The newest iOS beta has just opened up encrypted messaging between Android and iPhone. Here's what we know.