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iOS 26.5 Ships Encrypted RCS to All Big Three US Carriers
Apple released iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5 on May 11, 2026. The headline change is a beta of end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging — and AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon are all signed on day one. The download is also unusually large: roughly 11 GB on an iPhone 16 Pro.