The 26.4 replace is the primary to start testing encryption for RCS messages. But as with the preliminary RCS rollout, Apple is shifting slowly and intentionally: for now, encrypted RCS messaging solely works when texting between Apple gadgets, and not between Apple gadgets and Android telephones. The characteristic additionally gained’t be included in the ultimate 26.4 launch—it’s solely included in the betas for testing functions, and it “will be available to customers in a future software update for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS.”
Encrypted iMessage and RCS chats can be labeled with a lock icon, very like how most internet browsers label HTTPS websites.
To help encrypted messaging, Apple will leap from model 2.4 of the RCS Universal Profile to model 3.0. This must also allow help for a number of enhancements in variations 2.5, 2.6, and 2.7 of the RCS normal, together with beforehand iMessage-exclusive issues like enhancing and recalling messages and replying to particular messages inline.
The return of the “Compact” Safari tab bar
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The Compact tab view returns to Safari 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4.
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Andrew Cunningham
The Compact tab view returns to Safari 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4.
Credit:
Andrew Cunningham
As a part of the macOS 12 Monterey/iPadOS 15 beta cycle in 2021, Apple tried a fairly radical redesign of the Safari browser that mixed your tabs and the tackle bar into one, with the objective of accelerating the quantity of viewable house on the pages you have been viewing. By the time each working programs have been launched to the general public, Safari’s default design had roughly reverted to its earlier state, however the “compact” tab view lived on as an optionally available view in the settings for many who appreciated it.
Tahoe, the Safari 26 replace, and iPadOS 26 all eliminated that Compact view fully, although a model of the Compact view turned the default for the iPhone model of Safari. The macOS 26.4, Safari 26.4, and iPadOS 26.4 updates restore the Compact tab choice to the opposite variations of Safari.
On-by-default Stolen Device Protection
Originally launched in the iOS 17.3 replace, Apple’s “Stolen Device Protection” toggle for iPhones added an additional layer of safety for customers whose telephones have been stolen by individuals who had realized their passcodes. With Stolen Device Protection enabled, an iPhone that had been faraway from “familiar locations, such as home or work” would require biometric Face ID or Touch ID authentication earlier than accessing saved passwords and bank cards, erasing your cellphone, or altering Apple Account passwords. Normally, customers can enter their passcodes as a fallback; Stolen Device Protection removes that fallback.