Finally, texts between Android and iPhone users can be end-to-end encrypted
Finally, texts between Android and iPhone users can be end-to-end encrypted
终于，Android 和 iPhone 用户之间的短信可以实现端到端加密了
At long last, Android and iPhone users will be able to send each other end-to-end encrypted text messages. On Monday, end-to-end encrypted messaging is starting to roll out in beta for conversations between iPhone and Android users running the most up-to-date software. 千呼万唤始出来，Android 和 iPhone 用户终于可以互发端到端加密的短信了。周一，针对运行最新软件的 iPhone 和 Android 用户之间的对话，端到端加密消息功能已开始以测试版形式推出。
End-to-end encrypted (e2ee) messaging is an important privacy feature that makes users far less susceptible to surveillance by hackers, governments, or the companies that make these communication platforms. When these messages are sent between devices, they’re encrypted while in transit, making it near-impossible for anyone else to intercept and read the message. 端到端加密（e2ee）是一种重要的隐私功能，它能使用户免受黑客、政府或通信平台运营公司的监控。当这些信息在设备间传输时，它们会被加密，使得其他人几乎无法拦截和读取这些内容。
But until now, messages sent between iPhone and Android devices could not be end-to-end encrypted (e2ee), even though iMessage has been encrypted since its launch in 2011, and Android users have been able to communicate among themselves via e2ee since 2021. 然而在此之前，iPhone 和 Android 设备之间发送的信息无法实现端到端加密，尽管 iMessage 自 2011 年推出以来一直支持加密，而 Android 用户自 2021 年起也已能在彼此之间使用端到端加密进行通信。
Over the years, iOS and Android users have had clunky communications — Android users can’t use Apple’s proprietary iMessage, but Apple refused to support RCS messaging, a more sophisticated upgrade to decades-old SMS texting, since 2020. Now the industry-standard texting protocol, RCS brings features like typing indicators, read receipts, emoji reactions, longer message lengths, and encryption to text messages. 多年来，iOS 和 Android 用户之间的沟通一直很别扭——Android 用户无法使用苹果专有的 iMessage，而苹果自 2020 年以来一直拒绝支持 RCS 消息（一种对拥有数十年历史的 SMS 短信技术的更先进升级）。作为目前行业标准的短信协议，RCS 为短信带来了输入指示器、已读回执、表情符号反应、更长的消息长度以及加密等功能。
But Apple didn’t support RCS until 2023, once it finally caved due to regulatory pressure. Google had urged Apple to support RCS texting to make communication between their devices more seamless — this was such an issue that people sincerely thought about “green bubble stigma,” referring to the color of the message bubbles that iPhone users receive from Androids. 但苹果直到 2023 年才在监管压力下最终妥协，开始支持 RCS。谷歌曾敦促苹果支持 RCS 短信，以使不同设备间的通信更加顺畅——这甚至成为了一个严重的问题，以至于人们开始认真讨论“绿色气泡耻辱感”，即 iPhone 用户在收到 Android 设备发来的信息时，气泡会显示为绿色。
Until Apple started supporting RCS, it was a common headache for iPhone users to get texts from their Android-using friends that would break group chats, or result in terrible quality multimedia sharing. Now, Apple’s long-awaited support of e2ee on RCS helps further close the gap between green and blue bubbles. 在苹果开始支持 RCS 之前，iPhone 用户经常会因为收到 Android 好友发来的短信而感到头疼，这些短信往往会破坏群聊体验，或者导致多媒体共享质量极差。现在，苹果在 RCS 上对端到端加密的长期支持，有助于进一步缩小绿色气泡和蓝色气泡之间的差距。
End-to-end encrypted RCS messaging has only begun to roll out in beta, so users may not have access just yet. If a conversation between Google and Apple devices is encrypted, the users will see a lock icon that indicates that the chat is protected. 端到端加密的 RCS 消息功能目前仅处于测试版推送阶段，因此部分用户可能暂时还无法使用。如果 Google 和 Apple 设备之间的对话已加密，用户将会看到一个锁形图标，表明该聊天受到保护。