All change for iPhone — almost.
As Apple’s long-awaited iMessage change goes live on more iPhones around the world, users are now warned this does not deliver the update they likely expect. Encrypted messaging should be simpler than before. But it’s actually more complex. And that’s a major security risk.
All change for iPhone — almost.
As Apple Insider points out, “sending media to Android is better, but everything else is more confusing and frustrating than ever." That’s because, when using RCS, "you have to consider the device each person is using, the software version, the carriers in use, and whether or not end-to-end encryption has been enabled. You don’t have that problem with iMessage. It just works.”
The biggest issue of all, though, is the bubbles. From 2011 until this month’s iOS 26.5, messaging on iPhone had a simple rule. A blue bubble meant content was fully secured, a green bubble meant it was not. But now, any green bubble might be fully secured. Or it might not. You need to check.
