Apple and Google have finally end-to-end encrypted RCS messages between their platforms — 18 months after the FBI warned ...

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 ...

After years of broken messaging between iPhone and Android, Apple and Google are rolling out end-to-end encryption for chats.

The green bubble isn't gone, but Google Messages just fixed its biggest problem ...

Apple and Google start rolling out end-to-end encrypted RCS chats in beta for iPhone owners and Android phone users. As Managing Editor, I lead CNET's mobile team, covering news and reviews on ...

Apple’s iOS 26.5 update introduces end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging between iPhone and Android users, improving privacy and cross-platform communication security.

RCS is the modern upgrade to SMS and MMS, bringing better photos, read receipts, typing indicators, group chats, and growing iPhone-Android support in 2026.

In Messages on iPhone, you can now use SMS, RCS, end-to-end encrypted RCS, and iMessage. Sure, sending media to Android is better, but everything else is more confusing and frustrating than ever.