In collaboration with the GSM Association, Apple today announced it will add support for the new RCS Universal Profile specification which includes end-to-end encryption for messages sent over the protocol. This brings RCS much closer to iMessage in terms of security standards.
The new higher level of encryption specification was only just released today, so it’s not clear exactly when this support will ship to customers. Apple said it helped lead a cross industry effort to bring end-to-encryption to the RCS Universal Profile …
