Google had urged Apple for years to support RCS texting to make communication between each company's devices more seamless.

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After years of broken messaging between iPhone and Android, Apple and Google are rolling out end-to-end encryption for chats.

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Apple's iOS 26.5 RC introduces E2EE for RCS, finally bringing secure, encrypted messaging to conversations between iPhone and Android users.

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