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 ...

iPhone owners who exchange texts with Android users should now find that their messages are safe and secure from prying eyes. Released on Monday, Apple’s iOS 26.5 finally brings end-to-end encryption ...

High-resolution media, read receipts and end-to-end encryption: Vodafone is massively upgrading the RCS standard ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

Apple's iOS 27 software update is currently in beta ahead of a fall release, but there are already two Messages features working for green chat bubbles that were previously unavailable. First, it's ...