> Google did at least push E2EE options, but those only landed in GSM with RCS Universal Profile 3.0 and I don't think Apple has given a date
This is my guess also. It was published in March[1] this year and I think it was too late to include in this year's iOS 26 release, so possibly iOS 27.
They have promised to implement it:
> "End-to-end encryption is a powerful privacy and security technology that iMessage has supported since the beginning, and now we are pleased to have helped lead a cross industry effort to bring end-to-end encryption to the RCS Universal Profile published by the GSMA," said an Apple spokesperson. "We will add support for end-to-end encrypted RCS messages to iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS in future software updates." [2]
This is my guess also. It was published in March[1] this year and I think it was too late to include in this year's iOS 26 release, so possibly iOS 27.
They have promised to implement it:
> "End-to-end encryption is a powerful privacy and security technology that iMessage has supported since the beginning, and now we are pleased to have helped lead a cross industry effort to bring end-to-end encryption to the RCS Universal Profile published by the GSMA," said an Apple spokesperson. "We will add support for end-to-end encrypted RCS messages to iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS in future software updates." [2]
1 https://www.gsma.com/solutions-and-impact/technologies/netwo...
2 https://www.macrumors.com/2025/03/14/apple-encrypted-rcs-mes...