iOS 26.4 Beta Adds End-to-End Encryption for iPhone-to-Android RCS Texts

With the second iOS 26.4 beta, Apple and Google have started testing end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messages exchanged between iPhone and Android users. Apple started testing E2EE for RCS in the ...

Apple just made it easier to leave the iPhone and move to Android (Updated: Clarification)

Apple has just released iOS 26.3 to iPhones, and it contains a new Transfer to Android tool that makes switching platforms easier.
ZDNet

iPhone users may finally be able to send encrypted texts to Android friends with iOS 26

Encrypted text messages may finally reach iPhone users with iOS 26. Code in the beta version of iOS 26 reveals strings for RCS encryption. With encryption, texts between iOS and Android will be more ...
Lifehacker

What RCS Messaging Between iOS and Android Can and Can't Do (Yet)

David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...
MacRumors

iOS 26.3 Hints at Improved iPhone-to-Android Texting Coming Soon

Starting with the iOS 26.3 beta, Apple appears to be laying the groundwork for carriers to be able to support end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messages, and that news should actually have even ...