Apple starts testing end-to-end encrypted RCS messages on iPhone

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Apple is starting to test end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) RCS messages with the developer beta of iOS 26.4 released Monday. Apple announced plans past twelvemonth to enactment the feature, and erstwhile afloat available, it volition fto iPhone and Android users nonstop encrypted RCS messages to each different crossed platforms.

However, with this archetypal implementation, Apple is lone investigating RCS encryption betwixt Apple devices. It's "not yet testable with different platforms," Apple says. The institution besides doesn't program to vessel E2EE RCS messages with iOS 26.4; the diagnostic volition really vessel publically successful a "future update," Apple says.

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