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“Encryption is only available for Android-to-Android communication.”

Similarly, when an iPhone user messages with another iPhone it uses iMessage, which is encrypted.

RCS messaging on an iPhone

For a more detailed explanation on why encryption is important, check out our guide on whatend-to-end encryptionentails.

However, Google does implement encryption on Google Messages.

There’s no timeline for when that would actually release though.

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That announcement does note the lack of encryption between IOS and Android.

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