Apple added RCS support to iPhone with iOS 18.1, enabling richer cross-platform messaging between iPhone and Android users. This included things like typing indicators, read receipts, and ...

Apple seeded the iOS 26.4 Release Candidate on March 18, 2026, delivering build 23E244 to developers and testers after weeks ...

iOS 26.4 beta 2 is now rolling out for developers, and it expands support for testing encrypted RCS messaging on iPhone. When iOS 26.4 beta 1 was released last week, it added early support for testing ...

After years of back and forth about blue bubbles and green bubbles, Apple finally addressed the need for better text messaging services between Android and iPhones with the introduction of RCS (rich ...

With the second iOS 26.4 beta, Apple and Google have started testing end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messages exchanged between iPhone and Android users. Apple started testing E2EE for RCS in the ...

Apple is moving on from iOS 26.3. After several rounds of developer betas, the company has now released iOS 26.4 release candidate, the final prerelease version before a public rollout. The RC build, ...

After Apple released iOS 26.3 last week, we were anticipating the first beta release of iOS 26.4 with bated breath. That’s because rumors for the better part of a year have pointed to this update as ...

Apple has taken a small step toward securing cross-platform messaging, with early RCS encryption support now appearing in the iOS 26.4 beta. Just don't expect to get that much testing done right now.

iOS 26.4 beta 3: Apple has released a revised version of iOS 26.4 beta 3 for developers, just three days after the initial build was rolled out. The updated build is now available as an over-the-air ...