Apple added RCS to the iPhone, but crucially, the current implementation lacks end-to-end encryption. That's changing in the latest beta.

Encrypted RCS will be a game-changer for messaging security ...

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It looks as though Google Messages is getting real-time location sharing very soon, and there's a tweak to group chats too.

Google is starting to introduce a slightly revised workflow for getting new group chats started in Messages on Android.

Open Whisper Systems, a provider of security-related technologies and apps for mobile devices, has started rolling out an Android version of its private messaging and calling iOS app Signal. In doing ...