Texting between Android and iPhone could soon get a major security upgrade

by dbadmin | Aug 18, 2025 | Apple, Apple iOS, Apple Messages and iMessage, News, RCS

Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Apple previously confirmed plans to add end-to-end encryption to RCS messages in a future software update We’ve now spotted code that suggests end-to-end encryption could be coming to RCS messages on iPhones as early as iOS 26....

You didn’t ask for ads in your RCS chat app, but you’re going to get them anyway

by dbadmin | May 16, 2025 | Apple, Apple iPhone, Apple Messages and iMessage, AT&T, Google, google messages, News, RCS, T-Mobile, Verizon

Credit: Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority RCS ads have been a thing on Android for a while now, but now, even iPhone users in the US are receiving them. Screenshots show a swipeable carousel ad for a sporting event, but there is no immediately visible button to...

Android-iPhone texting is on track for a long overdue upgrade

by dbadmin | Mar 14, 2025 | Apple, Apple Messages and iMessage, Google, google messages, News, RCS

Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority End-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messaging between iPhone and Android users is coming soon via the new Universal Profile 3.0 specifications from GSMA. The new standard supports the Messaging Layer Security (MLS) protocol,...

iMessage has some great animations, and here are my favorites

by dbadmin | Mar 7, 2025 | Apple, Apple Messages and iMessage, Guides

Usually, when my friends hype up Apple’s iMessage, all they care about is showing up as blue bubbles on each other’s screens. And, for most people, that’s good enough — they want to include all of their iPhone-carrying friends in the same group chats, ignoring that...

Android and Apple users: Critical RCS messaging protection is still months away despite FBI warning

by dbadmin | Dec 16, 2024 | Apple Messages and iMessage, Cybersecurity, google messages, News, RCS

Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority The Global System for Mobile Communications (GSMA) has said that it’s working on bringing end-to-end encryption to different messaging platforms that support the RCS protocol. Unfortunately, the industry body did not share a...

Samsung’s fine print reminds us of one big drawback of RCS chats with iPhone users

by dbadmin | Nov 20, 2024 | Apple, Apple Messages and iMessage, Google, google messages, News, RCS

Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority A press note from Samsung re-highlighted how encryption is available only for Android-to-Android RCS chats. Google Messages on Android supports end-to-end encryption through a custom implementation on top of RCS Universal...