Apple brings encrypted RCS chats to iPhone

Apple present lets you person encrypted RCS conversations with Android users done the Messages app connected iOS. As portion of iOS 26.5, which was released connected Monday, Apple added enactment for end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging successful beta, meaning that Apple and Google can't spot your messages portion they're sent.

With iOS 26.5, you'll spot a fastener icon and a tiny "Encrypted" connection astatine the apical of the chat to enactment erstwhile you're having an encrypted speech with an Android idiosyncratic and are connected a bearer that supports the feature. Apple says that encryption volition beryllium connected by default and "will beryllium automatically enabled implicit clip for caller and existing RCS conversations." …

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