Here is the thing. People gripe about secured messaging, but no one seems to use it. I have both Signal, and WhatsApp installed, and none of my contacts uses either service. This makes one wonder keep these app services? Wouldn’t it just be simpler to use iMessage, or RCS? Well, the answer is Yes, it will.

There are claims that iOS 26.5 supports end to end encryption with RCS. If this is the case, then I will make sure that the bugs are worked out, and wait for iOS 27 to support encryption in RCS, and uninstall the two apps that are not being used, and just taking up space. When that happens links to send me an SMS will open Apple or Google Messages. With Apple Messages, if the recipient is not an iPhone user, then iOS 27 will be some assurance that encryption is supported. Read more “Looking Forward to iOS 27”