Samsung has confirmed it is now shutting down its Messages app. Starting in July, it will be removed from app stores and will ...

The iOS 26.5 beta brings back an option to enable end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging on your device. When Apple brought RCS ...

In the coming weeks, Apple will release the next big iPhone software update, iOS 26.5. If the beta releases are a guide, it ...

TexterID, the messaging compliance and verification startup, today announced the general availability of RCS Launch Manager, a comprehensive platform that streamlines the onboarding of brands onto the ...

Apple is preparing its biggest change to iPhone messaging in more than a decade, introducing enhanced support for Rich ...

Apple released the fifth public beta of iOS 26 on Aug. 25. The update brought a new Liquid Glass design, call screening and more to the iPhones of developers and beta testers. But when Apple released ...

Apple says it will add support for a new Rich Communication Services (RCS) specification that includes end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for messages sent over the protocol in future software updates. "End ...

Apple tested end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messages exchanged between iPhone and Android users in the iOS 26.4 beta, but Apple made it clear the functionality was not going to launch in the iOS ...

Apple has a packed iOS 18.1 update coming next week, with Apple Intelligence and a whole lot more. But despite months of beta testing, there’s one new feature we just learned about today: iOS 18.1 ...

RCS support will arrive as part of iOS 18 this fall. This is expected to be the RCS Universal Profile 2.4, which differs a little from Google’s current version. In a blink and you’ll miss it moment, ...

With RCS messaging, you get features like typing indicators and the "Delivered" status message while messaging Android users. It also helps ensure high-quality videos and pictures are sent when ...