Ironically, a major uncertainty is E2EE itself. This is now being probed by the UK government, which has decided to use Apple as its test case in a campaign to introduce backdoors into the encryption used in iCloud services. So far, Apple is resisting, choosing to disable security rather than allow surveillance. Talks are reportedly ongoing.

With the GSMA releasing new RCS specs, Apple pledges to 'add support for end-to-end encrypted RCS messages to iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS in future software updates.'

When RCS messaging became available on the iPhone with the rollout of iOS 18, the technical director of the GSM Association teased that the next major milestone for the messaging standard is the addition of interoperable end-to-end encryption.

Rumor has it that Apple will do this with iOS 19, and other Apple operating systems, to make all the different corners of the Apple ecosystem look more alike. More specifically, Apple reportedly will take inspiration from visionOS, the software powering the Apple Vision Pro headset.

While Apple launched a bunch of new hardware this week, the biggest news was on the software side where a delay for some of the previously

The company is aiming to get some of the AI-powered features announced last June into iOS 19 — but it’s not guaranteed.