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Your iPhone RCS chats with Android are encrypted in iOS 26.5: How to verify E2E is enabled

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STIX ID: report--a7ab3cb7-d276-59e4-9259-2ed50f0169f8

Feed Name: ZDNet Security

Date Published: 2026-05-12

Date Updated: 2026-05-12

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ZDNET reports that Apple’s iOS 26.5 introduces beta end-to-end encryption for RCS (Rich Communication Services) messages between iOS and Android—extending protection to iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Vision Pro—while also delivering minor features (new Pride wallpaper, Suggested Places in Maps) and fixes for over 60 security vulnerabilities; the piece is informational and not an incident report.

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