iPhone RCS chats with Android now encrypted

Apple's latest iOS 26.5 update brings end-to-end encryption to RCS messages exchanged between iPhones and Android devices. This enhanced security feature extends to other Apple products, including the iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Vision Pro. Users can verify that end-to-end encryption is active for their RCS chats. This move significantly improves privacy for cross-platform messaging, ensuring that conversations between different operating systems are protected from unauthorized access.