Google has recently taken a big step toward improving user privacy and security by introducing end-to-end encryption for Rich Communication Services (RCS) chats within the Google Messages platform.

There has now been a change spotted on Google Messages, which saw the "No Encryption" logo gone from under each chat sent to Apple's iPhone RCS, indicating that end-to-end encryption may arrive soon.

Apple is still labeling RCS encryption as a beta feature in iOS 26.5. It is enabled by default. You can toggle it on or off ...

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Phone owners who want to text users of non-Apple devices more securely should install iOS 26.5, which Apple released on ...