Zach began writing for CNET in November, 2021 after writing for a broadcast news station in his hometown, Cincinnati, for five years. You can usually find him reading and drinking coffee or watching a ...

Apple released the fifth public beta of iOS 26 on Aug. 25. The update brought a new Liquid Glass design, call screening and more to the iPhones of developers and beta testers. But when Apple released ...

Here's how you can check if your carrier supports the messaging protocol and how to enable it on your iPhone. Zach began writing for CNET in November, 2021 after writing for a broadcast news station ...

WhatsApp’s has just shown why Apple’s next upgrade — bringing fully encrypted RCS messaging to iPhone — still lacks critical ...

There was a lot of excitement when Apple finally brought RCS (Rich Communication Services) messaging to iPhone a little over a year ago. The new standard permanently upgraded the process of sending ...

Your iPhone's Maps App Could Get Ads With iOS 26.5 ...

Apple is preparing encrypted RCS support for iPhone, a change that could make messaging with Android users more secure and ...

Apple tested end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messages exchanged between iPhone and Android users in the iOS 26.4 beta, but Apple made it clear the functionality was not going to launch in the iOS ...

WhatsApp is rolling out new features that enhance user privacy. Users can now set up usernames, eliminating the need to share ...

As a part of today’s “The Android Show” announcements, Google shared that there are now more than a billion RCS messages sent every day in just the US. That’s a massive number that was certainly ...

Apple changed the messaging landscape in 2011, enabling full encryption for its new iMessage platform from the start. It ...

With RCS messaging, you get features like typing indicators and the "Delivered" status message while messaging Android users. It also helps ensure high-quality videos and pictures are sent when ...