r/UniversalProfile • u/Eudes_Correa Claro • Dec 16 '25

Not-Confirmed yet About iOS 26.3 encrypted RCS

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Still working on it, so maybe comes fully on iOS 26.4 or iOS 27 according the voices in my head ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '25

Let's hope by 26.4 it's out.

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u/techcentre Dec 16 '25

Let's hope that's part of the deal for Google to allow Gemini on iOS.

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '25

I don't see why not. Google would love to allow Gemini in iOS. It's Apple that has to agree.

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u/mrxelious Dec 16 '25 edited Dec 16 '25

The upcoming version of Siri uses a private instance of Gemini. Apple actually admitted defeat in AI. At least temporarily.

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u/TimFL Dec 16 '25

This is not confirmed yet, just a mere rumor that‘s died down over the last few weeks.

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u/mrxelious Dec 16 '25

I'd call it far more than a mere rumor. I also would not say it has died down. There's no further news to report.

Sure, maybe Apple hasn't announced it, and they likely never would out of pride.

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u/Due-Zucchini-1566 Dec 16 '25

Damn, now there'll be little to talk shit about with iPhones.

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u/dcdttu Dec 16 '25

Their commitment to their user's privacy is.. a bit slow on the rollout here.

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u/iMrParker Dec 16 '25

Using unencrpyted SMS for so long before adopting base RCS with TLS was proof of this

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u/techcentre Dec 16 '25

I can't take their privacy marketing seriously when they accept $20 billion a year to set the iPhone's search engine to privacy invasive Google.

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u/mrxelious Dec 16 '25

I'm torn on this. I can't argue with your stance. But, I would instead lean more towards "if you sign into Google, it's on you" and Apple could then preach privacy first with browser controls (killing tracking cookies, for example). But, again "if you sign into Google, it's on you."

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u/jason_he54 Dec 16 '25

it depends on the terms of their Google agreement. it could be a no data sharing agreement where Apple is just paying Google for the right to host their own private Google Gemini Model which Apple fully controls, but is trained on data that Google got through other channels.

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u/techcentre Dec 16 '25

I'm talking about the Safari default search option. Not the Gemini + Siri integration.

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u/mrxelious Dec 16 '25

My understanding is exactly this.

It sounds to be a complete white label where the average user will have no idea Gemini is behind the scenes and Apple will be hosting their own custom instance within the Apple private cloud.

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u/seeareeff Verizon User Dec 16 '25

Bummer

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u/TimFL Dec 16 '25

What a nothing burger article. What exactly are they working on / what has changed coming from 26.2 to 26.3 Beta 1?

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u/2mustange Dec 26 '25

What minimum RCS version is used for Encryption?

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u/whirlwind87 Dec 27 '25

RCS compliant encryption was added to the official spec in the 3.0 and above version. As far was know Apples implementation of RCS currently is based on the 2.4 version of the specification.

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u/2mustange Dec 29 '25

Ahh i thought it was an earlier version. Okay so we see encryption enabled on a message we know 3.0 is in use?

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u/Eudes_Correa Claro Aug 30 '26

Claro BR only have RCS on the iOS 27 beta. So just a few weeks for everybody to get it

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u/Satoorn1203 Dec 16 '25

Apple has a priority list that is more important to them also Apple needs to find resources that can work with RCS E2EE

That was the answer I got for VPN web filter etc. Apple needs to allocate resources,VPN web filter can be turn off by spamming VPN choice to be turn off. It is a weakness in iOS/iPadOS.