Apple brings encrypted RCS chats to iPhone

Source: The Verge

Apple adds encrypted RCS chats to iPhone

Apple now lets you have encrypted RCS conversations with Android users through the Messages app on iOS. As part of iOS 26.5, released on Monday, Apple added support for end‑to‑end encrypted RCS messaging in beta, meaning that Apple and Google can’t see your messages while they’re sent.

With iOS 26.5 you’ll see a lock icon and a small “Encrypted” label at the top of the chat when you’re having an encrypted conversation with an Android user on a carrier that supports the feature. Apple says encryption will be on by default and “will be automatically enabled over time for new and existing RCS conversations.”

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