Apple just made it easier to leave the iPhone and move to Android (Updated: Clarification)

Apple has just released iOS 26.3 to iPhones, and it contains a new Transfer to Android tool that makes switching platforms easier.

iOS 26.4 Beta Adds End-to-End Encryption for iPhone-to-Android RCS Texts

With the second iOS 26.4 beta, Apple and Google have started testing end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messages exchanged between iPhone and Android users. Apple started testing E2EE for RCS in the ...
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Yes, FBI Announced Texting Between iPhone and Android Is Not Secure

The FBI's guidelines recommended that users not send texts from iPhone to Android or vice versa because they were not securely encrypted. However, messages sent from iPhone to iPhone or Android to ...