# Texting between Android and iPhone could soon get a major security upgrade

**URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/texting-between-android-and-iphone-could-soon-get-a-major-security-upgrade/30208
**Category:** News
**Tags:** article
**Created:** 2025-08-19T00:02:20Z
**Posts:** 1

## Post 1 by @KevPham — 2025-08-19T00:02:20Z

> **[Texting between Android and iPhone could soon get a major security upgrade](https://www.androidauthority.com/apple-ios-26-rcs-end-to-end-encryption-mls-protocol-3588258/)**
>
> iOS 26 could finally bring end-to-end encryption to RCS, securing conversations between iPhone and Android users with the MLS protocol.

> **TL;DR**
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> - Apple previously confirmed plans to add end-to-end encryption to RCS messages in a future software update
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> - We’ve now spotted code that suggests end-to-end encryption could be coming to RCS messages on iPhones as early as iOS 26.
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> - Code suggests that Apple will be using the MLS protocol introduced by GSMA’s Universal Profile 3.0, which was developed with Apple’s involvement.