For years, messaging between iPhone and Android users has felt like playing telephone through a tin can and string — ...

On an Android phone using Google Messages, visit the chat thread you want to leave. Tap the conversation's name to bring up ...

With the release of iOS 18 in 2024, iPhone users were finally able to exchange rich text messages with their Android counterparts. However, one important feature has been missing -- encryption. Now, ...

It looks like end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messages on iPhones might be arriving sooner than expected. Code spotted in early iOS 26 betas suggests Apple is already testing the secure protocols ...

OS 26 could finally bring end-to-end encryption to RCS, securing conversations between iPhone and Android users with the MLS protocol.

However, between an Android device and an iPhone, there currently is no encryption. The industry is at least telling us that they are working on it.

The FBI is warning iPhone and Android users against texting each other without encryption due to a recent Chinese cyberattack.

Security researchers at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany have shown that they can extract photos, surfing history, and contact lists from Android smartphones, even if the phone is ...

The GSM Association promises end-to-end encryption is coming to the Rich Communication Services messaging standard, which will better protect communications between mobile devices.

How to encrypt text messages with WhatsApp To ensure that messages between Apple and Android users are encrypted, you can use the text messaging app WhatsApp.