Apple has promised that an important security upgrade is coming to the Messages app across the iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. In a

Phone users will soon be able to send end-to-end encrypted RCS messages to Android users. This is thanks to the new RCS standard, Universal Profile 3.0, which includes end-to-end encryption based on the Messaging Layer Security protocol.

In collaboration with the GSM Association, Apple today announced it will add support for end-to-end encryption for RCS messages.