Apple has confirmed that changes are afoot which will significantly improve messaging between Apple and Android handsets.

Messaging Between iPhone and Android Will Soon Be Encrypted . Following Apple's adoption of Rich Communication Services (RCS) with iOS 18, which created a better option for cross-

Text messages sent between iPhones and Android devices will soon benefit from end-to-end encryption (E2EE), after the GSM Association yesterday published new specifications for th

Apple will, at long last, enabling end-to-end encryption for RCS messages, allowing iPhones and Android phones to text each other with the security encryption provides for the first time.

Apple has promised that an important security upgrade is coming to the Messages app across the iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. In a

Apple announced that it will be supporting RCS Universal Profile 3.0 in “future software updates.” While this does

Macworld When Apple released Messages with RCS support in iOS 18 last year, it was missing a key security feature: end-to-end encryption. At the time, Apple said it would wait until encryption was part of the RCS Universal Profile before bringing it to Messages.