Apple on Monday seeded the first developer beta of iOS 26.5, arriving less than a week after iOS 26.4 went public. The update carries build number 23F5043g and weighs in at just over 8GB on iPhone 17 ...

Apple has taken a small step toward securing cross-platform messaging, with early RCS encryption support now appearing in the iOS 26.4 beta. Just don't expect to get that much testing done right now.

End-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messages between iPhone and Android devices is coming in iOS 26.5, Apple confirmed today. The feature is listed in Apple's iOS 26.5 release notes. Apple says ...

After months of buildup, end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging has finally made it to iOS, allowing Android and iPhone users to enjoy enhanced security between platforms when texting. Apple continues to ...

Apple just rolled out the first beta for iOS 26.5, and honestly, there’s a lot packed in here. If you are a developer or someone who loves poking around new features early, this update opens the door ...

Apple today released iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5, the newest updates to the iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 operating systems. The software comes nearly two months after Apple released iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4. The ...

It offers 2GB of free storage space. Back in April, we learned that WhatsApp was developing a feature that would let its ...

Google has announced that end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for Gmail on Android and iOS is now rolling out for its enterprise users. Emails that require E2EE in Workspace can be composed and read within ...

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