Google had urged Apple for years to support RCS texting to make communication between each company's devices more seamless.

Your iPhone RCS chats with Android are encrypted in iOS 26.5: How to verify E2E is enabled ...

Every encrypted text you send today could be stored by an adversary and cracked open years from now by a quantum computer ...

End-to-end encrypted RCS messaging begins rolling out today for Android and iPhone users,” Google confirmed on May 11. “Google and Apple have led a cross-industry effort to bring end-to-end encryption ...

Blue and green bubbles aside, texting your Android friends has never been safer. Discover the "lock" icon that just changed ...

However, Phone-to-Android RCS chats only encrypt messages in transit, not end-to-end, potentially putting messages at risk of interception. Adding E2EE support means no one can read messages sent ...

OS 26.5 adds encrypted RCS support for iPhone and Android chats, but users should look for the lock indicator before assuming cross-platform conversations are protected.

RCS is the modern upgrade to SMS and MMS, bringing better photos, read receipts, typing indicators, group chats, and growing ...