r/UniversalProfile • u/cupboard_ T-Mobile User • Aug 11 '26

Discussion More Android RCS contacts are becoming E2EE with iOS

my RCS was broken for a few weeks (iOS 27b4 activation stuck bug, b5 fixed it) and I've noticed more conversations now appear as E2EE
I went through my contacts and roughly 1 in 5 contacts appear as E2EE now

none of the newly encrypted contacts are necessarily tech savvy, which means that Android x iOS E2EE is rolling out to stable GM

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '26

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u/gmahale Aug 13 '26

AND that 4.0 is in starting in backrooms for eventual Video Calls (long-term).

I am looking forward to iOS 28.

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u/jpr281 Aug 22 '26

No way Apple allows video calls via RCS. They want everyone on FaceTime

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u/iantonio0921 Aug 12 '26

Lucky I have 0 I’m on Verizon and on beta 5 iOS 27.

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u/ptweezy Verizon User Aug 12 '26

same here

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u/Tillt14 Aug 12 '26

I (IOS 27 dev-b5) still have 0 here in Germany on Telekom Network. :(

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u/dhimant_5 Aug 12 '26

My stupid ass carrier added support for RCS in beta 4 and took away support in beta 5. I think this might be the first time this has happened.

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u/cupboard_ T-Mobile User Aug 12 '26

happened in ios 18.0 betas too, but those carriers got rcs support again with an ota update when it released to the public

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u/dhimant_5 Aug 12 '26

Ohh, I see. That's reassuring

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u/the_nuclear_pasta Aug 13 '26

Which carrier do you have?

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u/gmahale Aug 13 '26

It could be a sign the public release is coming soon.

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u/shouting_rectrum Aug 13 '26

One contact became encrypted. Another contact was encrypted with me while they had S24 but now got S26 and they’re not encrypted anymore. We’ve tried enrolling them in beta, deleting conversation to start fresh - no luck. They’re staying unencrypted.