The blue chat bubble means RCS is on, but I'm still waiting on the lock icon that's supposed to follow it.

As of last week, Google Messages indicated that Android-iPhone RCS conversations don’t support end-to-end encryption with a lock icon that features a slash. This is because Google Messages uses its ...

Google initiates an unlocked/broken lock icon system in Gmail in honor of Safer Internet Day, showing whether or not emails are encrypted or not. Gmail email has been encrypted for some time. Not all ...

The first sign something changed was not a splashy new emoji or a fresh coat of Apple gloss. It was a tiny lock icon, sitting quietly inside a green-bubble conversation — one of those cross-platform ...

Major security upgrade: End-to-end encrypted RCS messaging is now rolling out between iPhone and Android devices, closing a years-long privacy gap. Carrier support needed: The feature is in beta and ...