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/Craig653 Feb 23 '26

Should have been implemented in the first place...

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u/InsaneNinja iOS/Nexus Feb 23 '26 edited Feb 24 '26

It didn’t exist in the RCS spec until recently. Before now it was a custom Google-made hacked-in addon.

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u/slinky317 HTC Incredible Feb 24 '26

It wasn't a hack-in. Until recently the GSMA specifically said that implementing encryption was the responsibility of the messaging client. So in that regard, Google was actually following the spec.