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Apple and Google just made phones less sticky. Mobile teams need a new playbook.
iOS 26.5 shipped this week with wireless Transfer to Android, RCS end-to-end encryption, and a new App Store subscription tier. Hours later, Google's Android Show I/O Edition 2026 confirmed the cooperation runs both ways. Platform lock-in just got weaker, and that changes how mobile teams should think about retention and pricing.