However, between an Android device and an iPhone, there currently is no encryption. The industry is at least telling us that they are working on it.

For years, messaging between iPhone and Android users has felt like playing telephone through a tin can and string — ...

At least 74 percent of Android devices can be remotely reset by Google if law enforcement requests it. Android phones running 5.0 and up have encryption.

The arrival of end-to-end encryption for messaging between Apple and Android devices remains uncertain, though progress is underway.

It looks like end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messages on iPhones might be arriving sooner than expected. Code spotted in early iOS 26 betas suggests Apple is already testing the secure protocols ...

OS 26 could finally bring end-to-end encryption to RCS, securing conversations between iPhone and Android users with the MLS ...

While Apple has adopted RCS with iOS 18, Google is already working towards RCS encryption between Android and iPhone.

How to encrypt text messages with WhatsApp To ensure that messages between Apple and Android users are encrypted, you can use the text messaging app WhatsApp.

The GSM Association promises end-to-end encryption is coming to the Rich Communication Services messaging standard, which will better protect communications between mobile devices.

When iOS debuted in 2014, Google quickly announced that it would make full disk encryption mandatory under Android 5.0, codenamed Lollipop -- and then backed off that claim once it became clear ...

WhatsApp's beta for Android adds a passkey feature to let users secure on-device backups with passkeys, stored in password ...