SignalApr 9, 2024

Now in beta on Android & Desktop, coming soon to iOS:

Save custom nicknames & notes for anyone you’re chatting with on Signal, even if they aren’t in your phone’s contacts. Useful for adding missing letters in a lazy friend’s profile name or a reminder about where you met.

Show threadCabinet 20 🌱 Apr 9, 2024
@signalapp Will you be supporting WhatsApp this year. Would love to move those chats to your app.
Show threadJson DohApr 9, 2024
@cabinet20 @signalapp Whatsapp has very privacy invasive requirements to connect to their servers. We don't want Meta's rules here in Signal network.
Show threadCabinet 20 🌱 
@jdoe @signalapp Fully understand. Sad that I can’t just use the Signal app, instead, as I can’t give up WhatsApp without giving up on talking to family or friends with Android phones.
Apr 9, 2024 at 9:31pmWeb
Show threadPaul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0Apr 14, 2024

@cabinet20 @jdoe @signalapp

FWIW, I'm happily using signal on an Android phone, linked to the app on my windows laptop, and communicating regularly with friends wholly w/in the Apple ecosystem.

The only challenge is convincing WhatsApp users to give up Meta; most of my friends were happy to do so.