iOS 26.4 Beta Adds End-to-End Encryption for iPhone-to-Android RCS Texts

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 ...
ZDNet

iPhone users may finally be able to send encrypted texts to Android friends with iOS 26

Encrypted text messages may finally reach iPhone users with iOS 26. Code in the beta version of iOS 26 reveals strings for RCS encryption. With encryption, texts between iOS and Android will be more ...
ExtremeTech

iOS 26.4 Beta Tests Fully Encrypted RCS Chats Between iPhone and Android

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

iPhone users can test encrypted RCS texts to Android in iOS 26.4 beta 2

After the first beta was iPhone to iPhone only, the second iOS 26.4 developer beta lets iPhones and Androids trade fully ...
MacRumors

iOS 26.3 Hints at Improved iPhone-to-Android Texting Coming Soon

Starting with the iOS 26.3 beta, Apple appears to be laying the groundwork for carriers to be able to support end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messages, and that news should actually have even ...