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Story summary
- Apple plans to introduce end-to-end encryption for RCS messaging in a future software update, likely with iOS 26.4.
- Currently, iPhone uses RCS version 2.4, which lacks encryption, despite Apple confirming RCS encryption last year.
- The upgrade to RCS 3.0 will add in-line replies, message editing, and deletion, and improve security.
- New carrier bundles indicate upgrades are imminent for iPhone and Android messaging.
