iOS 26.3 Could Finally Encrypt iPhone-to-Android Texts — What Apple’s Beta Reveals
SAN FRANCISCO, January 16, 2026, 09:23 PST Apple’s iOS 26.3 beta reveals a new carrier-specific setting hinting at end-to-end encryption for RCS messages — the updated SMS standard that many iPhone-to-Android texts rely on, according to a report analyzing the beta files.