Encryption means your messages are private, but they may still not be entirely safe.

Apple brought RCS support to the iPhone's Messages app with the iOS 18 update last September, effectively putting an end to the bubble wars. The green bubbles did not disappear from the iPhone all of ...

The encryption on your iPhone is under threat — don’t believe headlines that suggest otherwise. What happens over the next 12-months will define the future of personal data security on smartphones, ...

Blue and green bubbles aside, texting your Android friends has never been safer. Discover the "lock" icon that just changed the way we message forever.

Apple and Google start rolling out end-to-end encrypted RCS chats in beta for iPhone owners and Android phone users. Patrick Holland Managing Editor As Managing Editor, I lead CNET's mobile team, ...

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 ...