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

Apple notes that the encrypted messages are just a test and aren't available for all devices, carriers, or regions yet.

The newest iOS beta has just opened up encrypted messaging between Android and iPhone. Here's what we know.

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

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 taken a first step toward blocking the ability of third parties to read messages sent between iPhone and Android.

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

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Despite these updates, Apple has no plans to launch E2EE for RCS with the official release of iOS 26.4, and hasn't confirmed which version it will launch encryption with.