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

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.

Apple testing RCS Android iPhone encryption in iOS 26.4 Beta 2. Secure cross-platform texting is coming, but not shipping ...

Encrypted RCS will be a game-changer for messaging security ...

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

Apple began testing encrypted RCS messages on iOS last week with the release of iOS 26.4 beta. At the time of that release, they were only testing end-to-end encryption (E2EE) between Apple devices, ...

The RCS messaging protocol will offer end-to-end encrypted chats between iPhone and Android users. The feature is now in testing ...

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

Apple’s iOS 26.4 beta introduces encrypted RCS messaging on iPhones, but cross-platform Android security support remains uncertain for now.

The next iPhone software is just around the corner, but the first beta is out already and has significant changes.