Apple's iOS 26.5 beta reintroduces end-to-end encryption for RCS chats with Android, bringing a big security upgrade to cross ...

Apple tested end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messages exchanged between iPhone and Android users in the iOS 26.4 beta, ...

RCS Universal Profile 4.0 is ready, introducing the prospect of video calls and richer messaging features for apps like ...

Native video calling could finally mean an end to juggling multiple apps ...

RCS Universal Profile 4.0 adds support for interoperable video calls from messaging apps. is a senior reporter covering ...

RCS message open in iPhone messaging app - Kafka Ibram/Shutterstock After years of back and forth about blue bubbles and green bubbles, Apple finally addressed the need for better text messaging ...

Now that RCS works between Android and iPhone, it’s become a more important tool for everyone, and the next major update to ...

Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. Google's been a big proponent of RCS, the standard that modernizes text messaging with features like high-quality media, typing ...

The GSMA has finalised RCS Universal Profile 4.0, and the headline feature is native video calling baked directly into your ...

Rahul Naskar has years of experience writing news and features related to Android, phones, and apps. Outside the tech world, he follows global events and developments shaping the world of geopolitics.

History proves that text messaging between Android and iOS users has been more often frustrating than not. But recent changes are making it easier to communicate between the two platforms. RCS is the ...

With RCS messaging, you get features like typing indicators and the "Delivered" status message while messaging Android users. It also helps ensure high-quality videos and pictures are sent when ...