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