RCS Messages Between iPhone and Android Get End-to-End Encryption With iOS 26.5 ...

After years of broken messaging between iPhone and Android, Apple and Google are rolling out end-to-end encryption for chats. Secure conversations will display a lock icon in the chat.

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

Blue and green bubbles aside, texting your Android friends has never been safer. Discover the "lock" icon that just changed ...

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

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.

Updated on May 12 as Apple’s new messaging update goes live. It’s finally here. Almost 18-months after the FBI warned Americans to stop texting between iPhone and Android, Apple has fixed the problem.

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

End-to-end encrypted RCS messaging begins rolling out today for Android and iPhone users,” Google confirmed on May 11. “Google and Apple have led a cross-industry effort to bring end-to-end encryption ...

A forthcoming update means new features and changes, including end-to-end encryption for texts sent between iPhones and ...

Apple will finally add support for end-to-end encryption for RCS messaging between iPhone and Android in the upcoming iOS 26.5. The changelog for the iOS 26.5 release candidate rolling out to testers ...

End-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messages between iPhone and Android devices is coming in iOS 26.5, Apple confirmed today ...