Apple notes that the encrypted messages are just a test and aren't available for all devices, carriers, or regions yet.

Apple added RCS to the iPhone, but crucially, the current implementation lacks end-to-end encryption. That's changing in the latest beta.

Apple has released the second beta of iOS 26.4, expanding end-to-end encryption for RCS messages to include Android users.

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