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When RCS messaging became available on the iPhone with the rollout of iOS 18, the technical director of the GSM Association teased that the next major milestone for the messaging standard is the ...

RCS 3.0 was officially unveiled by the GSMA, an association representing mobile network operators. On the face of it, it’s fairly boring news. However, this one is special because it’ll finally fix ...

The RCS communication protocol is basically next-gen SMS, adding support for features like typing indicators, read receipts, and higher-quality image, video, and file sharing features. Google has been ...

Apple may be working on implementing encryption for RCS messages. References to this development were spotted in the iOS 26.3 ...

Apple may be preparing to add end-to-end encryption to RCS messages, with new clues spotted in the iOS 26.3 beta pointing to ...

The next major version of Android is going to come with one feature that will please the security-conscious: built-in encryption. It means anyone who grabs hold of your mobile device—from petty thief ...

This is critical because U.S. federal agencies repeatedly warn that texting without the protection of end-to-end encryption ...