Apple’s iOS 26.5 release candidate points to RCS encryption, Maps ad changes, EU device support, and App Store subscription updates.

Here are some of the new features iOS 26.5 brings to your iPhone. End-to-end encrypted RCS messaging returns The iOS 26.5 update finally brings end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging to your device. When ...

Two new features are coming to Apple Maps with the release of iOS 26.5 — that is, if you consider the introduction of ads on the platform a ...

The latest test version of iOS 26.5 includes a changelog about bringing some new protections to texts. The smartphone operating system will be rolling out end-to-end encryption for RCS messages ...

Apple has released iOS 26.5 Beta 4, bringing a mix of small feature updates, performance fixes, and stability improvements. While this isn’t a major feature-heavy update, it focuses on making the ...

Your iPhone RCS chats with Android are encrypted in iOS 26.5: How to verify E2E is enabled ...

May with RCS encryption, Apple Maps updates, Pride wallpaper, and small improvements for iPhone users worldwide.

OS 26.5 brings end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging between iPhones and Android devices for the first time, but it also sets ...

After Apple released iOS 26.3 last week, we were anticipating the first beta release of iOS 26.4 with bated breath. That’s because rumors for the better part of a year have pointed to this update as ...