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Signal starts catching up to WhatsApp by adding custom wallpapers and animated stickers (APK Download)
Rolling out in beta

Rita El Khoury Rita El Khoury
Signal starts catching up to WhatsApp by adding custom wallpapers and animated stickers (APK Download)

With WhatsApp's recent Facebook-induced privacy woes, Signal and Telegram are enjoying their time in the spotlight. Signal's privacy focus has specifically appealed to a lot of users who decided to switch away from WhatsApp, with the app seeing unprecedented growth and topping global app charts worldwide. But many of those newly-acquired users have quickly noticed Signal's limited feature set, forcing the app's devs to rush and try to plug some holes to keep everyone hooked. A few new features were promised last week, and now they're live in the latest beta version of the app.

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Beeper promises chat app unity and iMessage on Android
World peace left for version 2

Ryne Hager Ryne Hager
Beeper promises chat app unity and iMessage on Android

Many Android fans believe in a sort of holy grail: That iMessage can somehow be brought to Android. Almost everything else when moving from iOS to Android has a workaround, an app, or some way to accommodate it, though iMessage remains an Apple-controlled platform exclusive with a dominating presence in the US market. But a new app formally launching today called Beeper aims to change that, delivering not just iMessage for Android, but a single unified messaging app for all your other services, too, like Telegram, Slack, Signal, Twitter DMs, Discord, Hangouts, and even IRC.

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Issues with Signal messaging app have resolved
Chalk it up to growing pains

Ryne Hager Ryne Hager
Issues with Signal messaging app have resolved

This story was originally published and last updated . 

Following a day and a half of difficulties, Signal's cross-platform messaging service is operational again. Both Signal's Twitter and status dashboard indicate things are back to normal, and following the influx of literally millions of new users to the service, we can all enjoy more private and secure communications.

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Signal vs Telegram: Which is the best privacy-focused WhatsApp alternative?
There's more to it than jumping to the first thing you find

Karandeep Singh Karandeep Singh
Signal vs Telegram: Which is the best privacy-focused WhatsApp alternative?

WhatsApp’s recent policy update has turned into a Pandora’s box for the app's parent firm, Facebook. The resulting exodus to rival platforms has sent shockwaves so strong that the company felt the need to run full front-page ads in several Indian dailies to make its case. While Facebook was busy doing some damage control, Telegram and Signal got to benefit from disgruntled users flocking en masse for their apps. Telegram emerged as the bigger winner of the two, having added over 25 million users in just three days (breaching the milestone of 500 million active users in the process).

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Signal hits 50 million installs on Play Store amid WhatsApp privacy concerns
Data privacy FTW!

Prasham Parikh Prasham Parikh
Signal hits 50 million installs on Play Store amid WhatsApp privacy concerns

WhatsApp's new terms of service have resulted in an exodus of users moving to alternative, "more secure" messaging services. While there a bunch to choose from, Telegram and Signal seem to be the most popular of all. Shortly after the former added 25 million users in 72 hours, the latter has crossed the 50-million mark on the Google Play Store.

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Telegram adds 25 million new users in just 72 hours as rival apps falter
With Parler offline and WhatsApp changing its privacy policy, Telegram is cleaning up

Scott Scrivens Scott Scrivens
Telegram adds 25 million new users in just 72 hours as rival apps falter

It's only just getting started, but 2021 feels like it will be a crucial year for social apps. The world's most popular app, WhatsApp, just announced changes to its privacy policy that will increase Facebook's powers to use your data. Meanwhile, one of the world's most controversial apps, Parler, was unceremoniously dumped from the internet this week. Unsurprisingly, this is great news for rival chat app Telegram.

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Signal tops app store charts globally as WhatsApp bows down to Facebook
WhatsApp's new privacy policy has given users the 'Signal' to switch

Prasham Parikh Prasham Parikh
Signal tops app store charts globally as WhatsApp bows down to Facebook

WhatsApp has been reaping the whirlwind ever since it rolled out its new terms of service, which give parent company Facebook more control over user data. While some users aren't as bothered, others definitely don't seem comfortable with the accept-or-die ultimatum served by WhatsApp. Resultantly, Signal — an alternative, more secure messaging app — has gained some incredible traction in the last few days, placing itself at the top of charts on both the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store in various countries.

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Signal messaging now supports encrypted group video calls
Only up to five people, for now

Corbin Davenport Corbin Davenport
Signal messaging now supports encrypted group video calls

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic, and the lockdowns associated with it, have caused a surge in demand for videoconferencing tools. Zoom seems to be the leader in this space, but with the privacy issues that service has gone through, there's still demand for secure alternatives. Signal, the encrypted messaging platform, announced today that it now supports group calls on mobile.

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The EU may be looking into breaking end-to-end encrypted chats
The European Council could make backdoors mandatory

Manuel Vonau Manuel Vonau
The EU may be looking into breaking end-to-end encrypted chats

The EU is often at the forefront of consumer protection when it comes to privacy laws like the GDPR. But now it looks like the Council of the European Union might undermine all of this with a move to cancel secure end-to-end encryption as we know it, the ORF (Austrian Broadcasting Corporation) reports.

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Signal groups are getting a lot better with @ mentions and admin controls
The rollout process is a bit finicky, though

Karandeep Singh Karandeep Singh
Signal groups are getting a lot better with @ mentions and admin controls

WhatsApp enjoys mass appeal in the messaging space, while Signal continues to be a popular choice only among privacy enthusiasts, at least in my corner of the world. That perception about Signal is rapidly changing, thanks in large part to the constant inflow of new features that bring it closer to its peers. The latest feature update focuses on Signal groups, bringing some admin controls and an option for direct mentions.

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