The GSM Association (GSMA), the organization responsible for developing the Rich Communication Services (RCS) standard, announced on Tuesday that

The GSM Association promises end-to-end encryption is coming to the Rich Communication Services messaging standard, which will better protect communications between mobile devices.

You can enable RCS messaging on iPhones running iOS 18 or later. Once you install iOS 18 on your phone, you'll need to enable RCS in your messaging settings. You'll also have to check if your carrier supports the RCS protocol or not.

Get ready for your Android smartphone to become more secure with an iOS-like theft protection feature, as leak suggests Google plans to add enhanced security measures.

It's been a good few years since semi-normal folks were regularly queuing outside Apple Stores on iPhone launch day. But still, the iPhone is arguably the most successful product *of all time*. So whether we like it or not,

RCS messaging just rolled out for iPhones with iOS 18, but the GSMA is now looking ahead to allow end-to-end encrypted messages between iPhones and Android devices.

Apple's support for RCS has finally gone live with iOS 18, enabling cross-platform messaging with advanced features. End-to-end encryption for cross-platform RCS chats appears to be in the pipeline. GSMA is working to introduce interoperable encryption for RCS chats to ensure secure messaging between Android and iOS users.

Apple's iPhones finally have RCS, but it's not available to iPhone owners on Google Fi. Now, Google has revealed the reason for this.

Apple rolled out iOS 18 to all supported iPhone models earlier this week. While the iOS 18 does bring a host of new features to the iPhones, it also brings support for RCS or Rich Communication Services to Apple's smartphones,

While Apple has adopted RCS with iOS 18, Google is already working towards RCS encryption between Android and iPhone.