Using Signal, you can communicate instantly while avoiding SMS fees, create groups so that you can chat in real-time with all of your friends at once, and share media and other files with complete privacy. The server never has access to any of your communication and never stores any of your data.
• Say Anything - Signal uses an advanced end-to-end encryption protocol that provides privacy for every message every time.
• Open Source - Signal is Free and Open Source, enabling anyone to verify its security by auditing the code. Signal is the only private messenger that uses open source and peer-reviewed cryptographic protocols to keep your messages safe.
• Be Yourself - Signal uses your existing phone number and address book. There are no separate logins, usernames, passwords, or PINs to manage or lose.
• Group Chat - Signal allows you to create encrypted groups so that you can have private conversations with all of your friends at once. Not only are the messages encrypted, but the Signal server never has access to any group information like the membership list, group title, or group icon.
• Fast - The Signal protocol is designed to operate in the most constrained environment possible. Messages are delivered quickly and reliably.
• Speak Freely - Make crystal-clear voice and video calls to people who live across town, or across the ocean, with no long-distance charges.
For support, questions, or more information, please visit: http://support.signal.org
Follow us on Twitter (@signalapp) for all of the latest updates and announcements.
What's New
Version History
2.28.1
• Look for visual updates and improvements throughout the app. See some new sights while you plan your summertime sightseeing. We would like to thank Signal's community of beta testers for their valuable feedback and help with this release.
If you would like to help us test future versions of Signal, please send an email to support@signal.org and include 'Join the iOS Beta' in the subject line.
2.28.0
• Look for visual updates and improvements throughout the app. See some new sights while you plan your summertime sightseeing.
We would like to thank Signal's community of beta testers for their valuable feedback and help with this release.
If you would like to help us test future versions of Signal, please send an email to support@signal.org and include 'Join the iOS Beta' in the subject line.
2.27.1
• Contact sharing is now available. You can lead a friend to another friend, but you cannot make them friends. You can send a friend the number for your favorite pizza place, but they still might order pineapple. • Some users on older versions of iOS would occasionally see a big blank square instead of their inbox. This accidental abstract art has been fixed. • We added some reliability improvements to the desktop linking experience. • We fixed some screens that were difficult to use on an iPad and the iPhone 4.
2.27.0
• Find your new favorite feature. Full-text search is everything that you have been looking for. Quickly locate contacts, conversations, or even specific messages. • Users with a very large number of contacts will notice improved performance, especially while using the share extension. • We upgraded to the latest version of WebRTC for enhanced call quality.
2.26.0
• Significant call performance and reliability improvements. • Access your inbox and send or receive messages while you are on a Signal call. How many simultaneous conversations can you participate in before it no longer feels like you are paying attention to any of them? Our record is 6, but now we only have 5 friends. • We fixed a bug that could cause the app to stop responding. Swiping right in the conversation list no longer matches you with a freeze. • You wanted more speed (and we agreed): • Send messages faster than ever with a new WebSocket-enabled delivery pipeline. • Conversations load in a fraction of the time. Wait for inspiration instead of waiting to see what was already said.
Signal is made for you. Thank you for your feedback and support.
2.25.3
• Fixes an issue where some disappearing messages were not deleted. All affected messages will be deleted after upgrade. • If the "Invite Your Friends" feature wasn't working for you, we invite you to try again. • Switch between the front and back cameras during video calls. Will they see the look on your face or look at what you're facing? The choice is yours. • Speaking of faces, we added a note explaining why we use Face ID that is required on updated versions of iOS. • Profile avatars are now visible in the conversation nav bar. • We made some additional improvements to Signal's Dynamic Type support. • The conversation list now scrolls so smoothly that you might want to message distant acquaintances in order to make it even longer. • Assorted stability enhancements and bug fixes.
2.25.1
• Switch between the front and back cameras during video calls. Will they see the look on your face or look at what you're facing? The choice is yours. • Speaking of faces, we added a note explaining why we use Face ID that is required on updated versions of iOS. • Profile avatars are now visible in the conversation nav bar. • We made some additional improvements to Signal's Dynamic Type support. • The conversation list now scrolls so smoothly that you might want to message distant acquaintances in order to make it even longer. • Assorted stability enhancements and bug fixes.
2.25.0
• Switch between the front and back cameras during video calls. Will they see the look on your face or look at what you're facing? The choice is yours. • Speaking of faces, we added a note explaining why we use Face ID that is required on updated versions of iOS. • Profile avatars are now visible in the conversation nav bar. • We made some additional improvements to Signal's Dynamic Type support. • The conversation list now scrolls so smoothly that you might want to message distant acquaintances in order to make it even longer. • Assorted stability enhancements and bug fixes.
2.24.1
• Quoted Replies have arrived. Talk about the past without repeating it on your keyboard. Wake up suddenly in the middle of the night and deliver the perfect comeback to a joke from four days ago. • We fixed a rare issue where some users could not see their old messages. • An updated design gives Signal a fresh new look that still feels familiar. • Images and captions are displayed within the same message. We referred to this project as "bubble collapse" but we think that you'll refer to it as "so much better." • It's easier to access the dedicated viewer for extremely lengthy messages. We also resolved the issue where long text messages were sometimes partially cropped. • Signal's revamped layouts now fully support Dynamic Type. If you have previously adjusted the desired font size in your iOS Settings, you no longer have to adjust your expectations. • We corrected the lingering views for iPhone X users where content wasn't always visually flowing behind the Home indicator (and that's the bottom line). • New message sounds will play at the alert volume instead of the media volume within the app. • They say that you only get one chance to make a first impression, but we're really hoping that's not true because the Signal logo was sometimes slightly misaligned on the initial launch screen in previous releases. • We fixed an issue that would prevent the app from opening after receiving a malformed message. Thanks to Michael Straßburger for reporting this bug. • Assorted stability enhancements and bug fixes.
2.24.0
• Quoted Replies have arrived. Talk about the past without repeating it on your keyboard. Wake up suddenly in the middle of the night and deliver the perfect comeback to a joke from four days ago. • An updated design gives Signal a fresh new look that still feels familiar. • Images and captions are displayed within the same message. We referred to this project as "bubble collapse" but we think that you'll refer to it as "so much better." • It's easier to access the dedicated viewer for extremely lengthy messages. We also resolved the issue where long text messages were sometimes partially cropped. • Signal's revamped layouts now fully support Dynamic Type. If you have previously adjusted the desired font size in your iOS Settings, you no longer have to adjust your expectations. • We corrected the lingering views for iPhone X users where content wasn't always visually flowing behind the Home indicator (and that's the bottom line). • New message sounds will play at the alert volume instead of the media volume within the app. • They say that you only get one chance to make a first impression, but we're really hoping that's not true because the Signal logo was sometimes slightly misaligned on the initial launch screen in previous releases. • We fixed an issue that would prevent the app from opening after receiving a malformed message. Thanks to Michael Straßburger for reporting this bug. • Assorted stability enhancements and bug fixes.
2.23.4
This update resolves an issue that was preventing some users from answering incoming Signal calls. It also fixes a crash when using censorship circumvention.
2.23.3
This release includes comprehensive bug fixes for additional ways of bypassing the new Screen Lock feature. These bugs were discovered internally and also reported by Adam Cianflone and Justin Davis.
Previously:
• Unlock Signal's screen without lifting a finger (from the Touch ID sensor that is now optionally supported): Signal Settings > Privacy > Screen Lock. • Have a staring contest with your iPhone X (and win). The infrared Face ID camera always blinks first, and Signal supports that too. • You can stop watching a boring video before it ends without occasionally crashing Signal. If it's an eleven-minute video, just wait at least that long before responding so your friend thinks that you watched the whole thing. • Explore a virtual museum of memories in any conversation with the new "All Media" view, then ruthlessly curate your virtual museum with the raw power of batch delete. • Use gestures to quickly scroll through images and videos. Signal supports left and right swipes because the carousel of life moves in both directions.
2.23.2
This release fixes a bug that made it possible to bypass the new Screen Lock feature. Thanks to Leonardo Porpora for reporting this issue.
Previously:
• Unlock Signal's screen without lifting a finger (from the Touch ID sensor that is now optionally supported): Signal Settings > Privacy > Screen Lock. • Have a staring contest with your iPhone X (and win). The infrared Face ID camera always blinks first, and Signal supports that too. • You can stop watching a boring video before it ends without occasionally crashing Signal. If it's an eleven-minute video, just wait at least that long before responding so your friend thinks that you watched the whole thing. • Explore a virtual museum of memories in any conversation with the new "All Media" view, then ruthlessly curate your virtual museum with the raw power of batch delete. • Use gestures to quickly scroll through images and videos. Signal supports left and right swipes because the carousel of life moves in both directions.
2.23.1
This is a small follow-up release which fixes a potential crash and addresses some edge cases with the new Screen Lock feature.
Previously:
• Unlock Signal's screen without lifting a finger (from the Touch ID sensor that is now optionally supported): Signal Settings > Privacy > Screen Lock. • Have a staring contest with your iPhone X (and win). The infrared Face ID camera always blinks first, and Signal supports that too. • You can stop watching a boring video before it ends without occasionally crashing Signal. If it's an eleven-minute video, just wait at least that long before responding so your friend thinks that you watched the whole thing. • Explore a virtual museum of memories in any conversation with the new "All Media" view, then ruthlessly curate your virtual museum with the raw power of batch delete. • Use gestures to quickly scroll through images and videos. Signal supports left and right swipes because the carousel of life moves in both directions.
2.23.0
• Unlock Signal's screen without lifting a finger (from the Touch ID sensor that is now optionally supported): Signal Settings > Privacy > Screen Lock. • Have a staring contest with your iPhone X (and win). The infrared Face ID camera always blinks first, and Signal supports that too. • You can stop watching a boring video before it ends without occasionally crashing Signal. If it's an eleven-minute video, just wait at least that long before responding so your friend thinks that you watched the whole thing. • Explore a virtual museum of memories in any conversation with the new "All Media" view, then ruthlessly curate your virtual museum with the raw power of batch delete. • Use gestures to quickly scroll through images and videos. Signal supports left and right swipes because the carousel of life moves in both directions.
2.22.0
• You can enable an optional Registration Lock PIN that will be required in order to register your phone number with Signal again. • We resolved another issue that caused profile pictures to flicker. If this was happening to the profile picture of someone you love, hopefully now they can be a solid presence in your life *and* in Signal. • Some rare background crash scenarios would cause Signal to forget about in-progress draft messages and to launch more slowly during multitasking. Like all good backgrounds, these crashes are now behind us.
2.21.0
• What does privacy sound like? Now you can choose. Select from a variety of audio options for your Signal notifications. You can also pick a unique message tone for your favorite conversations. • Signal’s notification settings were simplified. There’s now a unified option to control what appears in your notifications for both messages and calls. • We made some performance improvements to the way that calls are connected. Even if you speak slowly, you can start talking faster.
2.20.2
New in 2.20.2 — More applications are now supported by the share extension. We also fixed a couple of rare crashes and are now correctly syncing a group's disappearing message status to Signal Desktop.
New in 2.20.0 —
• Now you can share content with Signal from other applications. Send someone a great picture from Photos, the perfect link from Safari, or a song from your favorite streaming app. Share without any insecurity. This feeling of confidence was inside you the whole time. • Add captions to your attachments before you send them. The best attachments are the ones that require an explanation. • Improved audio handling means that Signal will automatically resume playing your music after you place a call, play a voice note, or view a video message. • Send full-size images without any additional compression by tapping on the attachment icon, selecting Document, and choosing Photo Library. Send your friend an enormous high-resolution file that definitively proves to them that it wasn’t just some random guy in the park and was actually a long-distance Tom Hanks photobomb. • Enable and disable Disappearing Messages using a new stopwatch icon. • Searching for contacts in the compose screen also searches profile names. • Signal launches faster than ever and uses the latest version of WebRTC for improved call performance. • Swiping to get back to the inbox from a conversation thread is so much easier. • The list of supported languages has expanded to include Traditional Chinese and Estonian. We sincerely appreciate the volunteer translators whose efforts made this possible.
We said farewell to the following bugs:
• Tapping on images in the media view would sometimes cause them to move around a bit before the navigation bars disappeared. Images now remain frozen in place as the glorious darkness of the full-screen media view surrounds them. • The initial hourglass rendering that is displayed underneath each Disappearing Message had a pixel that was out of place. Even when they're only tiny dots on a screen, every single grain of sand is important. • The VoiceOver accessibility feature in iOS no longer stops working after recording a voice memo. • Real people don’t flicker. Now the profile avatars that represent those people don’t flicker either. • Signal calls that are placed on speakerphone from the lock screen will now correctly indicate that the speakerphone is active in the app as well. • A rare issue could occur with the disappearing message timer on a newly linked Signal Desktop device, but that’s not the world we live in anymore. • Messages would sometimes disappear if you were looking at the info screen when a read receipt arrived. • The app would become unresponsive if you tried to send a photo after denying Signal access to your photo library. • Some characters that used to look strange in lock screen notifications now look totally normal. You’d never even suspect that anything about them is different. • If you killed the app at precisely the right moment, you might find yourself unable to message certain users. This game of chance was difficult to play (and the victory prize wasn’t very fun) so we decided to get rid of it.
Signal is made for you. Thank you for your feedback and support.
We are hiring. Work different. Work on Signal: https://signal.org/workworkwork/
2.20.0
• Now you can share content with Signal from other applications. Send someone a great picture from Photos, the perfect link from Safari, or a song from your favorite streaming app. Share without any insecurity. This feeling of confidence was inside you the whole time. • Add captions to your attachments before you send them. The best attachments are the ones that require an explanation. • Improved audio handling means that Signal will automatically resume playing your music after you place a call, play a voice note, or view a video message. • Send full-size images without any additional compression by tapping on the attachment icon, selecting Document, and choosing Photo Library. Send your friend an enormous high-resolution file that definitively proves to them that it wasn’t just some random guy in the park and was actually a long-distance Tom Hanks photobomb. • Enable and disable Disappearing Messages using a new stopwatch icon that matches Signal Desktop and Signal Android. • Searching for contacts in the compose screen also searches profile names. • Signal launches faster than ever and uses the latest version of WebRTC for improved call performance. • Swiping to get back to the inbox from a conversation thread is so much easier. • The list of supported languages has expanded to include Traditional Chinese and Estonian. We sincerely appreciate the volunteer translators whose efforts made this possible.
We said farewell to the following bugs:
• Tapping on images in the media view would sometimes cause them to move around a bit before the navigation bars disappeared. Images now remain frozen in place as the glorious darkness of the full-screen media view surrounds them. • The initial hourglass rendering that is displayed underneath each Disappearing Message had a pixel that was out of place. Even when they're only tiny dots on a screen, every single grain of sand is important. • The VoiceOver accessibility feature in iOS no longer stops working after recording a voice memo. • Real people don’t flicker. Now the profile avatars that represent those people don’t flicker either. • Signal calls that are placed on speakerphone from the lock screen will now correctly indicate that the speakerphone is active in the app as well. • A rare issue could occur with the disappearing message timer on a newly linked Signal Desktop device, but that’s not the world we live in anymore. • Messages would sometimes disappear if you were looking at the info screen when a read receipt arrived. • The app would become unresponsive if you tried to send a photo after denying Signal access to your photo library. • Some characters that used to look strange in lock screen notifications now look totally normal. You’d never even suspect that anything about them is different. • If you killed the app at precisely the right moment, you might find yourself unable to message certain users. This game of chance was difficult to play (and the victory prize wasn’t very fun) so we decided to get rid of it.
Signal is made for you. Thank you for your feedback and support.
We are hiring. Work different. Work on Signal: https://signal.org/workworkwork/
2.19.7
• Added a workaround for an iOS 11 issue with Indic scripts that could cause Signal to crash. • Fixed an issue where input toolbar could temporarily disappear. • Fixed a crash that could occur when previewing video.
Other Recent Changes: • Fixed an iOS 11.2 issue around keyboard layout. • Fixed an iOS 11.2 issue where contact names could intermittently disappear. • Faster message processing and more efficient network usage. • Signal has been fully updated to support the iPhone X. • We revamped our layout code to improve performance and flexibility. Everything should feel smoother and more refined. • Additional messages now appear automatically when you scroll to the top of a conversation. You won't need to tap on the “Load Earlier Messages” link ever again (and you also can't because it's gone). • “Jumbomoji” have arrived. Emoji characters are visibly larger in messages that do not contain any other text. Your thumbs-up sign has never looked better. • Although we can't fix the weak WiFi in the corner of the coffee shop, we made it a whole lot easier to spot failed messages and to send them again. • A “Tap For More” option makes navigating extraordinarily long messages much more pleasant. • Quickly send photos, files, or GIFs using a newly simplified interface. Attachment previews are displayed directly in the message bar instead of on a separate confirmation screen. • Users with external keyboards can send messages using Shift+Return or Cmd+Return. Reaching up and tapping the send icon remains an option for anyone who reminisces about the past. • The list of supported languages has expanded to include Burmese, Hebrew, and Persian. We sincerely appreciate the volunteer translators whose efforts made this possible.
We said farewell to the following bugs:
• Under rare circumstances, message drafts could mysteriously vanish. • Adjacent message statuses behaved incorrectly after deleting a message. • Users who were simultaneously running the desktop version of Signal could receive redundant notifications. • Edit items might be missing from the long-press menu. • The input toolbar could remain raised even when no keyboard was visible. • Recently sent messages sometimes reappeared after being deleted. • Some users on iOS 11 were unable to save images to their Camera Roll.
Signal is made for you. Thank you for your feedback and support.
2.19.5
• Fixed an issue where input toolbar could temporarily disappear. • Fixed a crash that could occur when previewing video.
Other Recent Changes: • Fixed an iOS 11.2 issue around keyboard layout. • Fixed an iOS 11.2 issue where contact names could intermittently disappear. • Faster message processing and more efficient network usage. • Signal has been fully updated to support the iPhone X. • We revamped our layout code to improve performance and flexibility. Everything should feel smoother and more refined. • Additional messages now appear automatically when you scroll to the top of a conversation. You won't need to tap on the “Load Earlier Messages” link ever again (and you also can't because it's gone). • “Jumbomoji” have arrived. Emoji characters are visibly larger in messages that do not contain any other text. Your thumbs-up sign has never looked better. • Although we can't fix the weak WiFi in the corner of the coffee shop, we made it a whole lot easier to spot failed messages and to send them again. • A “Tap For More” option makes navigating extraordinarily long messages much more pleasant. • Quickly send photos, files, or GIFs using a newly simplified interface. Attachment previews are displayed directly in the message bar instead of on a separate confirmation screen. • Users with external keyboards can send messages using Shift+Return or Cmd+Return. Reaching up and tapping the send icon remains an option for anyone who reminisces about the past. • The list of supported languages has expanded to include Burmese, Hebrew, and Persian. We sincerely appreciate the volunteer translators whose efforts made this possible.
We said farewell to the following bugs:
• Under rare circumstances, message drafts could mysteriously vanish. • Adjacent message statuses behaved incorrectly after deleting a message. • Users who were simultaneously running the desktop version of Signal could receive redundant notifications. • Edit items might be missing from the long-press menu. • The input toolbar could remain raised even when no keyboard was visible. • Recently sent messages sometimes reappeared after being deleted. • Some users on iOS 11 were unable to save images to their Camera Roll.
Signal is made for you. Thank you for your feedback and support.
2.19.4
• Fixed an iOS 11.2 issue around keyboard layout. • Fixed an iOS 11.2 issue where contact names could intermittently disappear. • Faster message processing and more efficient network usage. • Signal has been fully updated to support the iPhone X. • We revamped our layout code to improve performance and flexibility. Everything should feel smoother and more refined. • Additional messages now appear automatically when you scroll to the top of a conversation. You won't need to tap on the “Load Earlier Messages” link ever again (and you also can't because it's gone). • “Jumbomoji” have arrived. Emoji characters are visibly larger in messages that do not contain any other text. Your thumbs-up sign has never looked better. • Although we can't fix the weak WiFi in the corner of the coffee shop, we made it a whole lot easier to spot failed messages and to send them again. • A “Tap For More” option makes navigating extraordinarily long messages much more pleasant. • Quickly send photos, files, or GIFs using a newly simplified interface. Attachment previews are displayed directly in the message bar instead of on a separate confirmation screen. • Users with external keyboards can send messages using Shift+Return or Cmd+Return. Reaching up and tapping the send icon remains an option for anyone who reminisces about the past. • The list of supported languages has expanded to include Burmese, Hebrew, and Persian. We sincerely appreciate the volunteer translators whose efforts made this possible.
We said farewell to the following bugs:
• Under rare circumstances, message drafts could mysteriously vanish. • Adjacent message statuses behaved incorrectly after deleting a message. • Users who were simultaneously running the desktop version of Signal could receive redundant notifications. • Edit items might be missing from the long-press menu. • The input toolbar could remain raised even when no keyboard was visible. • Recently sent messages sometimes reappeared after being deleted. • Some users on iOS 11 were unable to save images to their Camera Roll.
Signal is made for you. Thank you for your feedback and support.
2.19.3
• Fixed an iOS 11.2 issue where contact names could intermittently disappear. • Faster message processing and more efficient network usage. • Signal has been fully updated to support the iPhone X. • We revamped our layout code to improve performance and flexibility. Everything should feel smoother and more refined. • Additional messages now appear automatically when you scroll to the top of a conversation. You won't need to tap on the “Load Earlier Messages” link ever again (and you also can't because it's gone). • “Jumbomoji” have arrived. Emoji characters are visibly larger in messages that do not contain any other text. Your thumbs-up sign has never looked better. • Although we can't fix the weak WiFi in the corner of the coffee shop, we made it a whole lot easier to spot failed messages and to send them again. • A “Tap For More” option makes navigating extraordinarily long messages much more pleasant. • Quickly send photos, files, or GIFs using a newly simplified interface. Attachment previews are displayed directly in the message bar instead of on a separate confirmation screen. • Users with external keyboards can send messages using Shift+Return or Cmd+Return. Reaching up and tapping the send icon remains an option for anyone who reminisces about the past. • The list of supported languages has expanded to include Burmese, Hebrew, and Persian. We sincerely appreciate the volunteer translators whose efforts made this possible.
We said farewell to the following bugs:
• Under rare circumstances, message drafts could mysteriously vanish. • Adjacent message statuses behaved incorrectly after deleting a message. • Users who were simultaneously running the desktop version of Signal could receive redundant notifications. • Edit items might be missing from the long-press menu. • The input toolbar could remain raised even when no keyboard was visible. • Recently sent messages sometimes reappeared after being deleted. • Some users on iOS 11 were unable to save images to their Camera Roll.
Signal is made for you. Thank you for your feedback and support.
2.19.2
• Faster message processing and more efficient network usage. • Signal has been fully updated to support the iPhone X. • We revamped our layout code to improve performance and flexibility. Everything should feel smoother and more refined. • Additional messages now appear automatically when you scroll to the top of a conversation. You won't need to tap on the “Load Earlier Messages” link ever again (and you also can't because it's gone). • “Jumbomoji” have arrived. Emoji characters are visibly larger in messages that do not contain any other text. Your thumbs-up sign has never looked better. • Although we can't fix the weak WiFi in the corner of the coffee shop, we made it a whole lot easier to spot failed messages and to send them again. • A “Tap For More” option makes navigating extraordinarily long messages much more pleasant. • Quickly send photos, files, or GIFs using a newly simplified interface. Attachment previews are displayed directly in the message bar instead of on a separate confirmation screen. • Users with external keyboards can send messages using Shift+Return or Cmd+Return. Reaching up and tapping the send icon remains an option for anyone who reminisces about the past. • The list of supported languages has expanded to include Burmese, Hebrew, and Persian. We sincerely appreciate the volunteer translators whose efforts made this possible.
We said farewell to the following bugs:
• Under rare circumstances, message drafts could mysteriously vanish. • Adjacent message statuses behaved incorrectly after deleting a message. • Users who were simultaneously running the desktop version of Signal could receive redundant notifications. • Edit items might be missing from the long-press menu. • The input toolbar could remain raised even when no keyboard was visible. • Recently sent messages sometimes reappeared after being deleted. • Some users on iOS 11 were unable to save images to their Camera Roll.
Signal is made for you. Thank you for your feedback and support.
2.19.1
• Faster message processing and more efficient network usage. • Signal has been fully updated to support the iPhone X. • We revamped our layout code to improve performance and flexibility. Everything should feel smoother and more refined. • Additional messages now appear automatically when you scroll to the top of a conversation. You won't need to tap on the “Load Earlier Messages” link ever again (and you also can't because it's gone). • “Jumbomoji” have arrived. Emoji characters are visibly larger in messages that do not contain any other text. Your thumbs-up sign has never looked better. • Although we can't fix the weak WiFi in the corner of the coffee shop, we made it a whole lot easier to spot failed messages and to send them again. • A “Tap For More” option makes navigating extraordinarily long messages much more pleasant. • Quickly send photos, files, or GIFs using a newly simplified interface. Attachment previews are displayed directly in the message bar instead of on a separate confirmation screen. • Users with external keyboards can send messages using Shift+Return or Cmd+Return. Reaching up and tapping the send icon remains an option for anyone who reminisces about the past. • The list of supported languages has expanded to include Burmese, Hebrew, and Persian. We sincerely appreciate the volunteer translators whose efforts made this possible.
We said farewell to the following bugs:
• Under rare circumstances, message drafts could mysteriously vanish. • Adjacent message statuses behaved incorrectly after deleting a message. • Users who were simultaneously running the desktop version of Signal could receive redundant notifications. • Edit items might be missing from the long-press menu. • The input toolbar could remain raised even when no keyboard was visible. • Recently sent messages sometimes reappeared after being deleted. • Some users on iOS 11 were unable to save images to their Camera Roll.
Signal is made for you. Thank you for your feedback and support.
Version 2.28.1
• Look for visual updates and improvements throughout the app. See some new sights while you plan your summertime sightseeing. We would like to thank Signal's community of beta testers for their valuable feedback and help with this release.
If you would like to help us test future versions of Signal, please send an email to support@signal.org and include 'Join the iOS Beta' in the subject line.
Ratings and Reviews
4.3 out of 5
2.2K Ratings
2.2K Ratings
Best Privacy App Yet
Snap_Chats989
This is simply the best privacy app with everything neatly bundled into it. It has a nice authentication feature, sms & mms messaging & disappearing messages with people [to keep them clean if you’d like], calls, and keeps it all private, app switch privacy [keeping the screen blank for privacy while switching apps so wandering eyes cannot see the screen], and many more features packed into this powerhouse. To anyone experiencing any issues with calls, make sure your notifications are on and properly set with the app, and look into the settings in the app itself and it easily shows how to have your calls show up with the name [if you would like to] or just a call without a name. The settings are a breeze and make it very easy to understand.
Very rarely you’ll have to re-register for push notifications, but that’s also very easily accomplished.
If I could rate higher than 5 stars I would. 10 stars out of 5 stars is more like it...
Best Privacy App Yet
Snap_Chats989
This is simply the best privacy app with everything neatly bundled into it. It has a nice authentication feature, sms & mms messaging & disappearing messages with people [to keep them clean if you’d like], calls, and keeps it all private, app switch privacy [keeping the screen blank for privacy while switching apps so wandering eyes cannot see the screen], and many more features packed into this powerhouse. To anyone experiencing any issues with calls, make sure your notifications are on and properly set with the app, and look into the settings in the app itself and it easily shows how to have your calls show up with the name [if you would like to] or just a call without a name. The settings are a breeze and make it very easy to understand.
Very rarely you’ll have to re-register for push notifications, but that’s also very easily accomplished.
If I could rate higher than 5 stars I would. 10 stars out of 5 stars is more like it...
Wow I love it
Meatguy813
Everything about this app is pretty much spot on it is the best way to chat with your friends and not feel nervous of people watching. The timer feature is extremely useful in allows both parties to set a Time limit on the message very helpful. I have been using this app for almost 2 years now and have sent all my friends over only way to communicate. Reason for writing this review is I would like to change one option if that is something you guys would consider and that is changing the calling feature so it gives you another menu so you don’t just click it and it calls right away and tells the user that you try to call them. Just make some other second screen that allows you to confirm the call but other than that this app is perfect.
Wow I love it
Meatguy813
Everything about this app is pretty much spot on it is the best way to chat with your friends and not feel nervous of people watching. The timer feature is extremely useful in allows both parties to set a Time limit on the message very helpful. I have been using this app for almost 2 years now and have sent all my friends over only way to communicate. Reason for writing this review is I would like to change one option if that is something you guys would consider and that is changing the calling feature so it gives you another menu so you don’t just click it and it calls right away and tells the user that you try to call them. Just make some other second screen that allows you to confirm the call but other than that this app is perfect.
Signal is one of my all-time favorite apps!
VeryGrumpy12121212
Uses very little memory, small on the harddisk, easy on the cache; even with a very old phone (5s). Have had this app 6 months or so and love it! You can video call, audio call and send / receive text, photos, documents and videos.
Contrary to the majority of other solutions, it uses very little data, even on a 2-way video call. This app has no bells and whistles, but this is what makes it so good. For lots of bling (and bloat) try WhatsApp or SnapChat.
Signal does just a few things, but it does them well. Security is one of them, no-frills messaging is another. One favorite function for me is the device sync. You can text and view media on your desktop, laptop or tablet.
The cons are few; the video call quality could be better, the audio during calls is not the best--but is workable, and some of the updates have been a bit buggy, causing the app to hang when viewing media.
A request for something to add; video and audio call capabilities on Windows / OSX, and IOS & Droid tablets.
I'm looking forward to its improvement now that it has good funding. My hope is the developers will keep it light and slim.
Signal is one of my all-time favorite apps!
VeryGrumpy12121212
Uses very little memory, small on the harddisk, easy on the cache; even with a very old phone (5s). Have had this app 6 months or so and love it! You can video call, audio call and send / receive text, photos, documents and videos.
Contrary to the majority of other solutions, it uses very little data, even on a 2-way video call. This app has no bells and whistles, but this is what makes it so good. For lots of bling (and bloat) try WhatsApp or SnapChat.
Signal does just a few things, but it does them well. Security is one of them, no-frills messaging is another. One favorite function for me is the device sync. You can text and view media on your desktop, laptop or tablet.
The cons are few; the video call quality could be better, the audio during calls is not the best--but is workable, and some of the updates have been a bit buggy, causing the app to hang when viewing media.
A request for something to add; video and audio call capabilities on Windows / OSX, and IOS & Droid tablets.
I'm looking forward to its improvement now that it has good funding. My hope is the developers will keep it light and slim.
