The US agency in charge of cyber defense (CISA) has warned iPhone users to disable "Send as Text Message" to prevent SMS ...

Apple’s Messages app has certainly come a long way. When the first iPhone launched in 2007, it could only send SMS — there weren’t even picture messages. Then it got MMS protocol support in iPhone OS ...

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Here's how to check if your carrier supports the messaging protocol, how to enable it and when Apple could bring end-to-end encryption to the protocol on your iPhone. Zach began writing for CNET in ...

RCS on iOS and Android: what you can do . Ever since iOS 18, RCS messaging has officially been supported in the iOS Messages app—specifically, via the RCS Universal Profile 2.4.

Specifically, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is urging high-value targets to take steps to protect ...

This is thanks to the latest RCS standard that includes E2EE based on the Messaging Layer Security (MLS) protocol. It basically enables interoperable encryption between different platform providers.

RCS messaging on iPhones is now finally available to Google Fi subscribers. The feature is rolling out to compatible iPhones with the iOS 18.4 update. Users can enable it by tapping on the RCS ...

Apple’s Messages app got some big upgrades in iOS 18, but one with the biggest potential impact—RCS support—has had a slow rollout among some carriers. Fortunately in iOS 18.4, Messages is bringing ...