iPhone and Android Can Now Text With Full Encryption. Here’s Why Kenya Misses Out
Apple's iOS 26.5 adds encrypted iPhone-to-Android texting, but it needs working RCS and carrier support. Kenya currently has neither in place...
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Apple's latest update (iOS 26.5) introduced end-to-end encryption for texts between iPhones and Android phones, a feature previously unavailable cross-platform.
- This new encryption, built on the RCS Universal Profile 3.0 standard, requires both users to have updated software and be on a carrier that supports the latest version of RCS.
- Unfortunately, Kenya is currently excluded from this advancement because RCS has been non-functional on Kenyan networks since August 2025.
- Major Kenyan carriers like Safaricom, Airtel, and Telkom do not support the necessary RCS version, and Apple does not list them as supported carriers.
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