This is critical because U.S. federal agencies repeatedly warn that texting without the protection of end-to-end encryption ...

As the threat of international cyberattacks grow, the FBI is warning of a danger that most people are probably not aware exists: texting between different brands of cell phones. Specifically, while ...

The French and U.K. equivalents to the U.S. government’s cyber defense agency have issued new advice for users. “Deactivate ...

Apple is testing enhanced RCS messaging in the iOS 26 beta that could bring richer texts between iPhones and Androids for the ...

Messages for web is undergoing an important backend change, particularly for users on Google Fi. Instead of relying on older ...

Short Message Service (SMS) has been a staple of text messaging since the flip phone, but it may be time to let it evolve. SMS was created in 1992, back when cellphones could be mistaken for bricks.

In Apple's second iOS 26.3 beta, a leaker found code related to the company's work on bringing E2EE to RCS chats.

Over a billion RCS messages are sent on a daily basis in the United States, Google said today. ‌RCS‌, or Rich Communication Services, is a communication protocol that replaced the prior SMS and MMS ...

Starting with the iOS 26.3 beta, Apple appears to be laying the groundwork for carriers to be able to support end-to-end ...