Apple added RCS to the iPhone, but crucially, the current implementation lacks end-to-end encryption. That's changing in the latest beta.

Google and Apple today announced that testing of encrypted RCS messaging between Android and iPhone is now underway.

iOS 26.4 beta 2 is now rolling out for developers, and it expands support for testing encrypted RCS messaging on iPhone.

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Google and Apple have begun testing encrypted Rich Communication Services (RCS) messaging between Android and iPhone, ensuring private communication between devices.

After the first beta was iPhone to iPhone only, the second iOS 26.4 developer beta lets iPhones and Androids trade fully ...

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Apple has released the second beta of iOS 26.4, expanding end-to-end encryption for RCS messages to include Android users.

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