Apple has released iOS 26.4 beta 3 with RCS encryption testing, new asset pack APIs, improved memory security, and several ...

Apple is testing secure messaging between Android and iOS devices with iOS 26.4, iPadOS 26.4, and macOS Tahoe 26.4. The updates introduce end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messages, a security ...

Apple announced support for RCS in November 2023, and RCS became available in iOS 18, released in September 2024. However, at this time, RCS did not implement end-to-end encryption between different ...

Back in March, cross-platform end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS was announced, and Google Messages is beginning to test the new Messaging Layer Security (MLS) protocol. Universal Profile 3.0 adds ...

Apple began testing encrypted RCS messages on iOS last week with the release of iOS 26.4 beta. At the time of that release, they were only testing end-to-end encryption (E2EE) between Apple devices, ...

Apple's iOS 26.4 beta adds AI-generated Apple Music playlists, early testing for encrypted RCS messaging and a new setting to tone down iOS 26's brighter visual effects. With more than a decade of ...