Apple Seeds Second Betas of iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 to Developers

Apple today seeded the second betas of upcoming iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 updates to developers for testing purposes, with the ...

iOS 26.4 beta 1: Here are the new iPhone features

iOS 26.4 beta 1 is now available in beta for developers. The update includes a ton of new features and changes for iPhone users. There are new changes to the Music app, Messages, Apple Podcasts, and ...
9to5Google

Google, Apple start testing encrypted RCS on Android and iOS 26.4

Google and Apple today announced that testing of encrypted RCS messaging between Android and iPhone is now underway.
Macworld

iOS 26.4 beta 2 is out now, expanding RCS encryption testing

Update February 23: The second beta of iOS 26.4 is out now for developers. It expands the testing environment for RCS encryption to include iPhone-to-Android messages.
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I've been testing iOS 26 for a month — 5 tips you need to know now that the public beta is here

The iOS 26 public beta is now available, giving eager iPhone users the chance to see what new capabilities are coming to their phones ahead of a full release this fall. If you don't mind the hiccups ...

iOS 26.4 beta adds support for testing end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging

Apple added RCS support to iPhone with iOS 18.1, enabling richer cross-platform messaging between iPhone and Android users. This ...

Apple Begins Testing End-to-End Encryption for RCS Messages in iOS 26.4 Beta

Apple is testing secure messaging between Android and iOS devices with iOS 26.4, iPadOS 26.4, and macOS Tahoe 26.4. The ...

How pre-release iOS builds are used and secured at iPhone assembly plants

While iOS features often leak ahead of their official launch, information about them rarely comes from hardware assembly ...