Your iPhone RCS chats with Android are encrypted in iOS 26.5
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In Messages on iPhone, you can now use SMS, RCS, end-to-end encrypted RCS, and iMessage. Sure, sending media to Android is better, but everything else is more confusing and frustrating than ever.
“End-to-end encrypted RCS messaging begins rolling out today for Android and iPhone users,” Google confirmed on May 11. “Google and Apple have led a cross-industry effort to bring end-to-end encryption to RCS, making the cross-platform messaging format that replaces traditional SMS more secure and private.”