{"id":46681,"date":"2026-05-21T14:58:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T13:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/?p=46681"},"modified":"2026-05-21T15:02:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T14:02:07","slug":"ios-26-5-brings-e2ee-for-rcs-a-new-milestone-for-secure-cross%e2%80%91platform-messaging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/latest-news\/ios-26-5-brings-e2ee-for-rcs-a-new-milestone-for-secure-cross%e2%80%91platform-messaging\/","title":{"rendered":"iOS 26.5 brings E2EE for RCS: A new milestone for secure cross-platform messgaing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This month GSMA announced that Apple\u2019s iOS 26.5 introduced end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for Rich Communication Services (RCS) messaging between iPhone and Android devices. The rollout marked a major milestone for secure cross-platform messaging, improving privacy and security for users by ensuring messages could only be read by the sender and recipient. The initiative was described as a collaborative industry effort involving Apple, Google and the GSMA to strengthen modern mobile messaging standards. Read more about the latest announcement below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/newsroom\/press-release\/ios-26-5-brings-e2ee-for-rcs-a-new-milestone-for-secure-cross%E2%80%91platform-messaging\/\">GSMA News Room<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thehackernews.com\/2026\/05\/ios-265-brings-default-end-to-end.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Hacker News<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instalki.pl\/news\/bezpieczenstwo\/spozniona-ale-kluczowa-decyzja-apple-i-google-w-koncu-dbaja-o-bezpieczenstwo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instalki<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.numerama.com\/tech\/2251145-rcs-chiffre-sur-iphone-orange-free-sfr-bouygues-quels-operateurs-francais-sont-compatibles.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Numerama<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month GSMA announced that Apple\u2019s iOS 26.5 introduced end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for Rich Communication Services (RCS) messaging between iPhone and Android devices. The rollout marked a major milestone for secure cross-platform messaging, improving privacy and security for users by ensuring messages could only be read by the sender and recipient. 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