iOS 26.5 gave Messages app encrypted RCS, here’s how to check it’s working

Here’s how to check if end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging is enabled on your iPhone in iOS 26.5 and active in a given ...

Your iPhone RCS chats with Android are encrypted in iOS 26.5: How to verify E2E is enabled

Your iPhone RCS chats with Android are encrypted in iOS 26.5: How to verify E2E is enabled ...
CNET

Your iPhone's Green Bubble Messages Get Safer With iOS 26.5: Look for the Lock

Apple and Google start rolling out end-to-end encrypted RCS chats in beta for iPhone owners and Android phone users. As Managing Editor, I lead CNET's mobile team, covering news and reviews on ...
Geeky Gadgets

The Hidden Feature Apple Just Added to iPhone in iOS 26.5

One of the most notable additions in iOS 26.5 is end-to-end encryption for Rich Communication Services (RCS) messaging. This feature bridges the communication gap between iPhone and Android users, ...
9to5Mac

Apple will introduce these key Messages app upgrades very soon, here’s what they are

Last year, Apple confirmed that it’d be supporting end-to-end encryption with RCS in a future software update. At the time, iOS 18 was still the latest version of iOS – thus implying that the upgrade ...

The Hidden Features Apple Buried in iOS 26.5

Apple's iOS 26.5 update introduces RCS end-to-end encryption, FaceTime call filtering, and over 50 critical security fixes for iPhone users.