Signal is a messaging app with privacy at its core. It is free and easy to use, with strong end-to-end encryption that keeps your communication completely private.
• Send texts, voice messages, photos, videos, GIFs, and files for free. Signal uses your phone’s data connection, so you avoid SMS and MMS fees.
• Call your friends with crystal-clear encrypted voice and video calls. Group calls supported for up to 50 people.
• Stay connected with group chats up to 1,000 people. Control who can post and manage group members with admin permission settings.
• Share image, text, and video Stories that disappear after 24 hours. Privacy settings keep you in charge of exactly who can see each Story.
• Signal is built for your privacy. We know nothing about you or who you’re talking to. Our open source Signal Protocol means that we can’t read your messages or listen to your calls. Neither can anyone else. No back doors, no data collection, no compromises.
• Signal is independent and not for profit; a different kind of tech from a different kind of organization. As a 501c3 nonprofit we are supported by your donations, not by advertisers or investors.
• For support, questions, or more information please visit https://support.signal.org/
To check out our source code, visit https://github.com/signalapp
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I love the new group features added recently, makes a huge difference. Chat bots on groups would be the number 1 feature I’m missing and secondly the ability to quickly create polls in a group. I am a somewhat experienced developer and do understand the efforts behind implementing such a feature as bots, but it could be a compelling feature especially with the ability to create custom bots and even self-host it.Keep on building the best IM and maybe I will find some time again in my hands and contribute on github.
Excellent, but the last update crippled it
RealityChecks
This is an excellent app. I wish everyone would use it. However the v3 update kills performance. Now, opening a chat with a long history takes 20 seconds and sometimes during typing the keyboard just freezes only to start responding after a very very long time. Switching between multiple conversations, almost not possible due to the perfomance drop.I guess archiving an old conversation would’ve solved this new performance issue, but since an incoming message from the same person unarchives it and does not start a new conversation, this is not an alternative. Get ready to delete your chat history to be able to use this update ;(Being able to link to ipad is wonderful. Wish it was possible to transfer chat history to the linked device.
A disappointment
steveedwards100
Signal started out well - a bit clunky compared with WhatsApp and Telegram, but getting the job done with improved security and less intrusiveness. Then came the “update” that downgraded the app: reduction of user ability to address any number of recipients at once to the same maximum of five simultaneous addresses imposed by WhatsApp. The update notes fail to mention this while trying to talk up the function enhancements it brought but it’s a huge irritation, especially since Telegram has been able to operate without the restraint. It would be less of an issue if Signal provided a broadcast function (as opposed to fully interactive groups) but it doesn’t. Might as well use Telegram and endure the ads, which are less of an irritation than the address limitations on Signal.
Always considered this a better app than WhatsApp
Getlostusername
The reason I can't recommend the app any more as there seems to be a constant need to update the app. The updates may not be very large, but that every other day the app needs has a update, and the description given as the reason for the update is constantly the same. The question needs to be asked, if the reason given is always the same, was there really any change in the first update or is it just poor release of update after the next, never really having been tested properly. Seems like the new features are just been released and added without testing (appears to be a Microsoft implementation, which just throws things out there hoping to get something to stick). Really becoming poor quality
• We've introduced additional confirmations and educational messaging in the app to help protect Signal users from phishing and social engineering attacks. As a reminder, never reply to chats pretending to be Signal, and never send your verification code, PIN, or recovery key to anyone.
• Animated GIF searches are now much faster, but it's still up to you if you say what you mean or meme what you say.
Version 8.13
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