RCS (“Chat features”) in Google Messages can be great when it works: typing indicators, better group chats, higher-quality media, and Wi‑Fi messaging in some cases. When it doesn’t work, the symptoms ...

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

Google is integrating carrier-level filtering into RCS in India through a partnership with Airtel to strengthen protections against spam.

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

Apple is starting to test end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) RCS messages with the developer beta of iOS 26.4 released Monday. Apple announced plans last year to support the feature, and once fully available ...

Bharti Airtel and Google on Sunday announced a collaboration to offer a safer and more engaging messaging experience for ...

Google Messages beta could soon offer remote message deletion like rival top chat apps through an upcoming, long-awaited update. RCS chat deletion will have an accompanying 15-minute time limit, so ...

Apple is testing secure messaging between Android and iOS devices with iOS 26.4, iPadOS 26.4, and macOS Tahoe 26.4. The ...

Identical to standard contact profiles ...

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

Ever wondered why your text messages sometimes fail to send, show up pixelated or don’t appear at all on the other person’s end? It might not be your phone, but your carrier’s messaging support.