
Ryan Haines / Android Authority
TL;DR
- Apple is working on end-to-end encryption for RCS in iOS 26.3 Beta 2.
- The carrier bundles for the beta suggest Apple has added a new setting that would allow carriers to enable encryption for RCS for secure conversations between iPhone and Android.
- However, it appears that only four carriers (all residing outside of the US) have this line of code, and none of them have flipped the switch yet.
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