Rich Communication Services, or RCS, is a messaging protocol now used by many across the US and the globe, but it wasn’t always the case. It took ages to gain momentum after its conception in 2007.

In Messages on iPhone, you can now use SMS, RCS, end-to-end encrypted RCS, and iMessage. Sure, sending media to Android is ...

After years of broken messaging between iPhone and Android, Apple and Google are rolling out end-to-end encryption for chats.

RCS is the modern upgrade to SMS and MMS, bringing better photos, read receipts, typing indicators, group chats, and growing iPhone-Android support in 2026.

Apple’s game-changing new iPhone update is now just a few weeks away. And while iOS 18.2 is all about Apple Intelligence, it also hugely improves the security and privacy around photo sharing, and—in ...

Apple and Google finally fixed one of texting’s biggest problems by bringing encrypted RCS chats to iPhone and Android users ...

RCS 3.0 was officially unveiled by the GSMA, an association representing mobile network operators. On the face of it, it’s fairly boring news. However, this one is special because it’ll finally fix ...

End-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messages between iPhone and Android devices is officially available, Apple confirmed today. Support is included in iOS 26.5, which is now available to everyone.

RCS messaging isn’t the silver bullet for cross-platform communications that it ought to be, but it’s a start – especially for iPhone-heavy regions where messaging can be an ordeal. What can you do ...

Apple worked closely with Google to not just implement RCS into iOS but also add end-to-end encryption to it, but it failed ...