On February 23, 2026, the tech giant officially initiated the rollout of the February 2026 Security Update for the entire ...

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iOS 26.4 beta 2 is now rolling out for developers, and it expands support for testing encrypted RCS messaging on iPhone.

By Katie Paul and Jeff Horwitz NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Meta executives proceeded with a plan to encrypt ...

Apple testing RCS Android iPhone encryption in iOS 26.4 Beta 2. Secure cross-platform texting is coming, but not shipping ...

Apple added RCS to the iPhone, but crucially, the current implementation lacks end-to-end encryption. That's changing in the latest beta.

iOS 26.4 Developer Beta 2 holds the key ...

Despite these updates, Apple has no plans to launch E2EE for RCS with the official release of iOS 26.4, and hasn't confirmed which version it will launch encryption with.

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

The newest iOS beta has just opened up encrypted messaging between Android and iPhone. Here's what we know.