It would be an improvement in RCS messages received and sent from your iPhone, with a extreme encryptionsomething similar to what WhatsApp and other messaging apps already have, for example, and that would give a greater level of protection to our phones.
RCS with iPhone encryption
Apple has announced that, in collaboration with the GSM Association, it will incorporate SUPPORT FOR THE NEW UNIVERSAL PROFILE OF RCS which includes end -to -end encryption in messages sent through this protocol. This update will improve communications safety between iPhone and Android users, bringing RCS to IMessage safety standards.
Apple would have already introduced the RCS support in the iPhone with iOS 18.1 allowing Android users to communicate in this way with those of iPhone through the Imassage app, something that could not be done previously, only by SMS. RCS offers features such as writing indicators, emojis reactions, reading confirmations and support for photos and videos of higher resolution, something that, through standard messages, we cannot do, because they are much more limited and small.
However, until now, the UNIVERSAL PROFILE RCS standard I couldn't stand end -to -end encryptionwhich could suppose a greater risk of safety, both for the person who sends the message, and for those who receive it, since there would not be that extra protection layer.
In addition, Apple has pledged to integrate it into future software updates for iOS, Ipados, Macos and Watchos, so we would have this in all brand devices.
This improvement is important because, in the past, the FBI and the US infrastructure and cybersecurity security agency (CISA) of the US warned about the lack of encryption in the RCS messages. In fact, they recommended using messaging applications with end -to -end encryption like WhatsApp, avoiding the rest of the shapes.
Although the implementation date has not been specified, it is believed to be In the next versions of iOSwithout having to wait for iOS 19, but before, possibly in a few weeks, since it seems that everything is very advanced and could already incorporate it, although there is no real date for it, and it could be delayed.
And you, do you consider that Apple should have improved this before, or is it still a good date, although the messaging apps have already been for a long time? The truth is that, whatever we have, we already have it nearby, and Apple always bets on security, so it has not done so before, it could not, so we are happy that it is already close. Leave us a comment with your opinion about it, and if you knew this when sending messages, or you are not usually very attentive to these things.
