This makes it possible to send long messages and high-resolution photos to Android smartphones using the iPhone's original messaging app, but since end-to-end encryption between different ...

Messaging Between iPhone and Android Will Soon Be Encrypted Following Apple's adoption of Rich Communication Services (RCS) with iOS 18, which created a better option for cross-platform messaging ...

When Apple added RCS support with iOS 18, it used an older version of the protocol that lacked encryption, leaving iPhone-to-Android chats exposed.