The GSM Association promises end-to-end encryption is coming to the Rich Communication Services messaging standard, which will better protect communications between mobile devices.

RCS messaging just rolled out for iPhones with iOS 18, but the GSMA is now looking ahead to allow end-to-end encrypted messages between iPhones and Android devices.

On Monday, Apple’s iOS 18 update replaced SMS with RCS messaging for texts sent to users on Android. While the change doesn’t get rid of the green bubbles, it will finally allow cross-platform users to share high-res media, as well as see read receipts and typing indicators. But Apple’s implementation of RCS is missing one key feature: E2EE.

OS 18 – which launched on September 16 and will ship with the iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro, and iPhone 16 Pro Max – brings the universal Rich Communication Services (RCS) protocol to the iPhone for the first time.

Apple's iPhones finally have RCS, but it's not available to iPhone owners on Google Fi. Now, Google has revealed the reason for this.

Messaging experience between iOS and Android is getting a serious upgrade thanks to RCS on iOS 18. Here's everything you need to know.

Apple today is rolling out iOS 18 with support for RCS in a huge boost to the iPhone-Android messaging experience.

Apple resisted jumping on the RCS bandwagon for the longest time, but after a lot of pressure from industry peers and users, RCS messaging is now part of the new iOS 18 update. Th

With iOS 18, Apple has finally introduced support for Rich Communications Services, or RCS, to the iPhone. As we’ve

Apple rolled out iOS 18 to all supported iPhone models earlier this week. While the iOS 18 does bring a host of new features to the iPhones, it also brings support for RCS or Rich Communication Services to Apple's smartphones,