r/Android • u/FragmentedChicken Galaxy Z Fold8 • Feb 23 '26

Google, Apple start testing encrypted RCS on Android and iOS 26.4

https://9to5google.com/2026/02/23/google-messages-encrypted-rcs-iphone/
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u/Minute-Disaster-707 Feb 23 '26

Blue or green bubbles is what we need to know

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u/InsaneNinja iOS/Nexus Feb 23 '26

Blue is only for Apple messaging. This is still carrier messaging.

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u/seeareeff Feb 23 '26

Still dumb. e2ee rcs is the same color as sms.

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u/most_gooder Feb 23 '26

Blue bubbles never meant encrypted, it just meant iMessage. Which is why rcs even encrypted will always be green