Messaging Between iPhone and Android Will Soon Be Encrypted . Following Apple's adoption of Rich Communication Services (RCS) with iOS 18, which created a better option for cross-

Apple will, at long last, enabling end-to-end encryption for RCS messages, allowing iPhones and Android phones to text each other with the security encryption provides for the first time.

In a new announcement, Apple said it will add support for encrypted RCS messages in future updates to iOS, iPadOS, MacOS, and WatchOS. This means that any rich text messages exchanged between Apple and Android users will automatically be secured through the latest industry standard.