Google has recently taken a big step toward improving user privacy and security by introducing end-to-end encryption for Rich Communication Services (RCS) chats within the Google Messages platform.

There has now been a change spotted on Google Messages, which saw the "No Encryption" logo gone from under each chat sent to Apple's iPhone RCS, indicating that end-to-end encryption may arrive soon.

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