{"id":24551,"date":"2026-05-05T10:05:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T10:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobilemall.co\/blog\/?p=24551"},"modified":"2026-05-05T10:05:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T10:05:36","slug":"rcs-encryption-is-coming-to-iphones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mobilemall.co\/blog\/rcs-encryption-is-coming-to-iphones\/","title":{"rendered":"RCS Encryption Is Coming to iPhones"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Apple dropped the iOS 26.5 release candidate for developers, which at this point means the public build is days away. A week at most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The changelog confirms what had been circulating in rumors: RCS messaging on iPhone is getting end-to-end encryption. But don&#8217;t update and immediately expect anything to change in your Messages app. Apple&#8217;s own notes flag it as launching in beta, available only through &#8220;supported carriers,&#8221; rolling out gradually rather than switching on for everyone at once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/mobilemall.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rcs.webp\" alt=\"rcs\" class=\"wp-image-24553\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, depending on who your carrier is, you might sit on 26.5 for a while before the feature actually shows up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When it does fully land, the bigger picture is this \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/mobilemall.co\/apple-iphone\">iPhone<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/mobilemall.co\/samsung-mobiles\">Android<\/a> users texting over RCS will have encrypted conversations for the first time. iMessage has had E2E encryption for years, but cross-platform messaging always meant dropping to unencrypted RCS. 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