Apple is adding end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging between iPhones and Android phones with iOS 26.5—a big upgrade for cross-platform texting security. The format is expected to provide a better ...

Messaging between blue and green bubbles is getting more secure. With the release of iOS 26.5, end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging will start rolling out in beta for iPhone owners and Android phone ...

Apple previously confirmed plans to add end-to-end encryption to RCS messages in a future software update We’ve now spotted code that suggests end-to-end encryption could be coming to RCS messages on ...

iOS 26.5 will encrypt RCS text messages between iOS and Android. The encryption supports the iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. The update brings new Pride wallpaper to iPhone and Apple Watch. iPhone owners ...

Google and Apple have launched end-to-end encryption for RCS, securing messages between Android and iPhone users. The feature is rolling out with iOS 26.5 and the latest Google Messages update. While ...

With the second beta of iOS 27, Apple added support for replying to a specific message in an RCS conversation with an Android user. You can now long press on a message to get to the option to reply, ...

iOS 27 will introduce the next big update to Android-iPhone messaging with support for inline replies and photo reactions. With iOS 27 beta 2, RCS conversations with Android users now support inline ...

Apple started testing the iOS 27 software release in early June, immediately after unveiling the next iPhone operating system at WWDC 2026. The first iOS 27 developer beta was made available for ...

Apple added RCS support to iPhone with iOS 18.1, enabling richer cross-platform messaging between iPhone and Android users. This included things like typing indicators, read receipts, and ...

iPhone users have long dreaded the Android green bubble — Apple's way of showing that a text was sent as an SMS or MMS message instead of iMessage. SMS messaging has been around since 1992, and these ...