RCS messaging will get end-to-end encryption on iPhone

Apple has announced that it will add support for end-to-end encryption to RCS messaging on iOS, although there are few details about when this will happen.RCS support will be extended to include end-to-end encryptionAfter years of bizarre pressure over how Messages has blue bubbles for iOS users and green for Android ones, and maybe a nudge from China, Apple finally added support for RCS messaging with iOS 18. Its implementation, though, did not support Google's implementation of end-to-end encryption.Now as first spotted by 9to5mac, the RCS standards body GSM Assocation (GSMA) and Apple have announced new end-to-end encryption support on iOS. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

Mar 14, 2025 - 12:34
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RCS messaging will get end-to-end encryption on iPhone
Apple has announced that it will add support for end-to-end encryption to RCS messaging on iOS, although there are few details about when this will happen.

RCS support will be added to the iPhone sometime in 2024
RCS support will be extended to include end-to-end encryption

After years of bizarre pressure over how Messages has blue bubbles for iOS users and green for Android ones, and maybe a nudge from China, Apple finally added support for RCS messaging with iOS 18. Its implementation, though, did not support Google's implementation of end-to-end encryption.

Now as first spotted by 9to5mac, the RCS standards body GSM Assocation (GSMA) and Apple have announced new end-to-end encryption support on iOS.


Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums