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Signal Changelog

What's new in Signal 7.7.0 Beta 1

Apr 25, 2024
  • Tweaks, bug fixes, and performance enhancements. Keep on texting, calling, and video chatting as usual.

New in Signal 7.6.0 (Apr 25, 2024)

  • Small tweaks, bug fixes, and performance enhancements. Thanks for using Signal!

New in Signal 7.5.1 (Apr 19, 2024)

  • We added support for custom nicknames and notes for anyone you're chatting with on Signal, even if they aren't in your system contacts. Whether you're adding the missing letters in a lazy friend's profile name, or a reminder about where you met, notes and nicknames provide a convenient and secure way to jot down additional details about your Signal Connections — and they're end-to-end encrypted and protected by your Signal PIN so they can be securely restored if you lose your phone too.
  • Now you can minimize Signal to your system tray on Linux. If your taskbar is the right shade of gray, it’s like your messages are waiting for you on a silver platter.
  • For users on Windows, this update re-enables support for detailed unread message counts on the Signal icon. Say goodbye to “9+” because now the icon goes to 11 (or higher).

New in Signal 7.6.0 Beta 1 (Apr 18, 2024)

  • Small tweaks, bug fixes, and performance enhancements. Thanks for using Signal!

New in Signal 7.5.0 (Apr 18, 2024)

  • We added support for custom nicknames and notes for anyone you're chatting with on Signal, even if they aren't in your system contacts. Whether you're adding the missing letters in a lazy friend's profile name, or a reminder about where you met, notes and nicknames provide a convenient and secure way to jot down additional details about your Signal Connections — and they're end-to-end encrypted and protected by your Signal PIN so they can be securely restored if you lose your phone too.
  • Now you can minimize Signal to your system tray on Linux. If your taskbar is the right shade of gray, it’s like your messages are waiting for you on a silver platter.
  • For users on Windows, this update re-enables support for detailed unread message counts on the Signal icon. Say goodbye to “9+” because now the icon goes to 11 (or higher).

New in Signal 7.5.0 Beta 1 (Apr 6, 2024)

  • We added support for custom nicknames and notes for anyone you're chatting with on Signal, even if they aren't in your system contacts. Whether you're adding the missing letters in a lazy friend's profile name, or a reminder about where you met, notes and nicknames provide a convenient and secure way to jot down additional details about your Signal Connections — and they're end-to-end encrypted and protected by your Signal PIN so they can be securely restored if you lose your phone too.
  • Now you can minimize Signal to your system tray on Linux. If your taskbar is the right shade of gray, it’s like your messages are waiting for you on a silver platter.
  • For users on Windows, this update re-enables support for detailed unread message counts on the Signal icon. Say goodbye to “9+” because now the icon goes to 11 (or higher).

New in Signal 7.4.0 (Apr 1, 2024)

  • This update clears out a few bugs just in time for spring cleaning, including more consistent conversation sort logic and improved behavior if the app encounters DNS lookup timeouts due to poor network connectivity.

New in Signal 7.4.0 Beta 2 (Mar 25, 2024)

  • This update clears out a few bugs just in time for spring cleaning, including more consistent conversation sort logic and improved behavior if the app encounters DNS lookup timeouts due to poor network connectivity.

New in Signal 7.3.1 (Mar 25, 2024)

  • Now you can clear missed calls on your phone and the badge on the calls tab in Signal Desktop will be updated too.
  • We also redesigned the badge count indicator on Windows. Now the color in the taskbar matches the color in the system tray. Fashion is all about coordination, and a little pop of red is a perfect look for spring.

New in Signal 7.2.1 (Mar 20, 2024)

  • Thanks to the performance improvements in this release, opening large group chats is faster than ever. If you're in a group with several hundred people that likes to debate the existence of parallel universes, you now live in a timeline where it takes a lot less time to show the timeline of people talking about timelines.

New in Signal 7.3.0 Beta 1 (Mar 15, 2024)

  • Now you can clear missed calls on your phone and the badge on the calls tab in Signal Desktop will be updated too.
  • We also redesigned the badge count indicator on Windows. Now the color in the taskbar matches the color in the system tray. Fashion is all about coordination, and a little pop of red is a perfect look for spring.

New in Signal 7.2.0 (Mar 15, 2024)

  • Thanks to the performance improvements in this release, opening large group chats is faster than ever. If you're in a group with several hundred people that likes to debate the existence of parallel universes, you now live in a timeline where it takes a lot less time to show the timeline of people talking about timelines.

New in Signal 7.2.0 Beta 2 (Mar 9, 2024)

  • Thanks to the performance improvements in this release, opening large group chats is faster than ever. If you're in a group with several hundred people that likes to debate the existence of parallel universes, you now live in a timeline where it takes a lot less time to show the timeline of people talking about timelines.

New in Signal 7.2.0 Beta 1 (Mar 7, 2024)

  • Thanks to the performance improvements in this release, opening large group chats is faster than ever. If you're in a group with several hundred people that likes to debate the existence of parallel universes, you now live in a timeline where it takes a lot less time to show the timeline of people talking about timelines.

New in Signal 7.1.1 (Mar 7, 2024)

  • This update enables support for all of the new emoji characters in Emoji version 15.1. People keep asking us what our favorite new emoji is, but answering that question is a “lime” we won't cross.

New in Signal 7.1.0 (Mar 7, 2024)

  • This update enables support for all of the new emoji characters in Emoji version 15.1. People keep asking us what our favorite new emoji is, but answering that question is a “lime” we won't cross.

New in Signal 7.0.0 (Mar 7, 2024)

  • Your phone number will no longer be visible to anyone on the latest version of Signal unless they have it saved in their phone’s contacts. You can change this in Settings.
  • You can now set and share an optional username to let people chat with you without giving them your phone number.
  • A new privacy setting lets you control who can find you by your phone number on Signal.

New in Signal 6.48.1 (Feb 26, 2024)

  • Video and audio playback will now pause whenever the Signal window is closed and minimized in the system tray. If you’re looking for silence, X marks the spot.
  • By popular demand, emoticons like “:-)” now automatically become emoji like “🙂” — but if this makes you “:-(“ you can disable this feature in the “Chats” section of your Signal Desktop settings

New in Signal 7.0.0 Beta 2 (Feb 26, 2024)

  • Your phone number will no longer be visible to anyone on the latest version of Signal unless they have it saved in their phone’s contacts. You can change this in Settings.
  • You can now set and share an optional username to let people chat with you without giving them your phone number.
  • A new privacy setting lets you control who can find you by your phone number on Signal.

New in Signal 6.48.0 (Feb 21, 2024)

  • Video and audio playback will now pause whenever the Signal window is closed and minimized in the system tray. If you’re looking for silence, X marks the spot.
  • By popular demand, emoticons like “:-)” now automatically become emoji like “🙂” — but if this makes you “:-(“ you can disable this feature in the “Chats” section of your Signal Desktop settings

New in Signal 7.0.0 Beta 1 (Feb 21, 2024)

  • Your phone number will no longer be visible to anyone on the latest version of Signal unless they have it saved in their phone’s contacts. You can change this in Settings.
  • You can now set and share an optional username to let people chat with you without giving them your phone number.
  • A new privacy setting lets you control who can find you by your phone number on Signal.

New in Signal 6.48.0 Beta 1 (Feb 9, 2024)

  • Video and audio playback will now pause whenever the Signal window is closed and minimized in the system tray. If you’re looking for silence, X marks the spot.
  • By popular demand, emoticons like “:-)” now automatically become emoji like — but if this makes you “:-(“ you can disable this feature in the “Chats” section of your Signal Desktop settings

New in Signal 6.47.0 (Feb 9, 2024)

  • If you spend a lot of time trying to pick out the perfect emoji reaction for every situation, you'll be to know that we fixed a bug with typing indicators that sometimes caused the emoji selection box to disappear while you were in the middle of pondering your choices.
  • Signal will now match your selected title bar color on Microsoft Windows. When all of your windows in Windows look the same, that's a common theme

New in Signal 6.47.0 Beta 2 (Feb 5, 2024)

  • If you spend a lot of time trying to pick out the perfect emoji reaction for every situation, you'll be to know that we fixed a bug with typing indicators that sometimes caused the emoji selection box to disappear while you were in the middle of pondering your choices.
  • Signal will now match your selected title bar color on Microsoft Windows. When all of your windows in Windows look the same, that's a common theme.

New in Signal 6.47.0 Beta 1 (Feb 2, 2024)

  • If you spend a lot of time trying to pick out the perfect emoji reaction for every situation, you'll be to know that we fixed a bug with typing indicators that sometimes caused the emoji selection box to disappear while you were in the middle of pondering your choices.
  • Signal will now match your selected title bar color on Microsoft Windows. When all of your windows in Windows look the same, that's a common theme.

New in Signal 6.46.0 (Feb 2, 2024)

  • The default fonts for Urdu have been updated for improved readability when that language is selected (Signal Settings > Appearance > Language).

New in Signal 6.46.0 Beta 2 (Jan 29, 2024)

  • The default fonts for Urdu have been updated for improved readability when that language is selected (Signal Settings > Appearance > Language).

New in Signal 6.45.1 (Jan 29, 2024)

  • Now you can optionally turn emoticons into emoji. If you want to whenever you type “:-)”, you can enable this feature in the “Chats” section of your Signal Desktop settings.
  • A new keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+s/Cmd+s) helps you quickly save pictures and videos from the media viewer.
  • It’s too bad that we already made a New Year's Resolution joke in the release notes for the last update, because we just increased the maximum resolution for screen sharing during Signal video calls. Our new resolution is to avoid any resolution puns until 2025.
  • Thanks to @dasois and @pelya for their contributions to this release!

New in Signal 6.46.0 Beta 1 (Jan 25, 2024)

  • The default fonts for Urdu have been updated for improved readability when that language is selected (Signal Settings > Appearance > Language).

New in Signal 6.45.0 (Jan 25, 2024)

  • Now you can optionally turn emoticons into emoji. If you want to whenever you type, you can enable this feature in the “Chats” section of your Signal Desktop settings.
  • A new keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+s/Cmd+s) helps you quickly save pictures and videos from the media viewer.
  • It’s too bad that we already made a New Year's Resolution joke in the release notes for the last update, because we just increased the maximum resolution for screen sharing during Signal video calls. Our new resolution is to avoid any resolution puns until 2025.
  • Thanks to @dasois and @pelya for their contributions to this release!

New in Signal 6.45.0 Beta 2 (Jan 19, 2024)

  • Now you can optionally turn emoticons into emoji. If you want to whenever you type, you can enable this feature in the “Chats” section of your Signal Desktop settings.
  • A new keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+s/Cmd+s) helps you quickly save pictures and videos from the media viewer.
  • It’s too bad that we already made a New Year's Resolution joke in the release notes for the last update, because we just increased the maximum resolution for screen sharing during Signal video calls. Our new resolution is to avoid any resolution puns until 2025.
  • Thanks to @dasois and @pelya for their contributions to this release!

New in Signal 6.44.1 (Jan 19, 2024)

  • If resolving a few small bugs counts as a New Year’s resolution, then 2024 is off to a fantastic start.
  • Region-neutral font fallback logic improves how CJK characters are displayed across different locales.
  • Thanks to @0o001, @hackerbirds, @rschiang, @vijithassar, and @yaslama for their contributions to this release!

New in Signal 6.45.0 Beta 1 (Jan 11, 2024)

  • Now you can optionally turn emoticons into emoji. If you want to whenever you type, you can enable this feature in the “Chats” section of your Signal Desktop settings.
  • A new keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+s/Cmd+s) helps you quickly save pictures and videos from the media viewer.
  • It’s too bad that we already made a New Year's Resolution joke in the release notes for the last update, because we just increased the maximum resolution for screen sharing during Signal video calls. Our new resolution is to avoid any resolution puns until 2025.

New in Signal 6.44.0 (Jan 11, 2024)

  • If resolving a few small bugs counts as a New Year’s resolution, then 2024 is off to a fantastic start.
  • Region-neutral font fallback logic improves how CJK characters are displayed across different locales.
  • Thanks to @0o001, @hackerbirds, @rschiang, @vijithassar, and @yaslama for their contributions to this release!

New in Signal 6.44.0 Beta 3 (Jan 11, 2024)

  • If resolving a few small bugs counts as a New Year’s resolution, then 2024 is off to a fantastic start.
  • Region-neutral font fallback logic improves how CJK characters are displayed across different locales.
  • Thanks to @0o001, @hackerbirds, @rschiang, @vijithassar, and @yaslama for their contributions to this release!

New in Signal 6.43.2 (Jan 11, 2024)

  • Turn a missed call into something that won't be missed. Now you can right-click on any call event and delete it from a chat.
  • The default font for Persian has been updated to Vazirmatn to improve readability when that language is selected (Signal Settings > Appearance > Language). Thanks, @MahdiNazemi!
  • The playback speed indicators in voice messages have a slightly new look. X marks the spot. Thanks, @Shrinks99!
  • We would also like to thank @NetSysFire, @timjamello, and @u32i64 for their contributions to this release.

New in Signal 6.44.0 Beta 2 (Jan 5, 2024)

  • If resolving a few small bugs counts as a New Year’s resolution, then 2024 is off to a fantastic start.
  • Region-neutral font fallback logic improves how CJK characters are displayed across different locales.
  • Thanks to @0o001, @hackerbirds, @rschiang, @vijithassar, and @yaslama for their contributions to this release!

New in Signal 6.43.1 (Jan 5, 2024)

  • Turn a missed call into something that won't be missed. Now you can right-click on any call event and delete it from a chat.
  • The default font for Persian has been updated to Vazirmatn to improve readability when that language is selected (Signal Settings > Appearance > Language). Thanks, @MahdiNazemi!
  • The playback speed indicators in voice messages have a slightly new look. X marks the spot. Thanks, @Shrinks99!
  • We would also like to thank @NetSysFire, @timjamello, and @u32i64 for their contributions to this release.

New in Signal 6.43.0 Beta 4 (Jan 3, 2024)

  • Turn a missed call into something that won't be missed. Now you can right-click on any call event and delete it from a chat.
  • The default font for Persian has been updated to Vazirmatn to improve readability when that language is selected (Signal Settings > Appearance > Language). Thanks, @MahdiNazemi!
  • The playback speed indicators in voice messages have a slightly new look. X marks the spot. Thanks, @Shrinks99!
  • We would also like to thank @NetSysFire, @timjamello, and @u32i64 for their contributions to this release.

New in Signal 6.42.1 (Jan 3, 2024)

  • We fixed a bug that displayed quoted replies to videos as though they were quoted replies to photos, even though every video is really just a sequence of photos if you think about it.
  • Thanks to @qauff and @wyvurn-h4x3r for their help with this release.

New in Signal 6.43.0 Beta 3 (Dec 21, 2023)

  • Turn a missed call into something that won't be missed. Now you can right-click on any call event and delete it from a chat.
  • The default font for Persian has been updated to Vazirmatn to improve readability when that language is selected (Signal Settings > Appearance > Language). Thanks, @MahdiNazemi!
  • The playback speed indicators in voice messages have a slightly new look. X marks the spot. Thanks, @Shrinks99!
  • We would also like to thank @NetSysFire, @timjamello, and @u32i64 for their contributions to this release

New in Signal 6.43.0 Beta 2 (Dec 21, 2023)

  • Turn a missed call into something that won't be missed. Now you can right-click on any call event and delete it from a chat.
  • The default font for Persian has been updated to Vazirmatn to improve readability when that language is selected (Signal Settings > Appearance > Language). Thanks, @MahdiNazemi!
  • The playback speed indicators in voice messages have a slightly new look. X marks the spot. Thanks, @Shrinks99!
  • We would also like to thank @NetSysFire, @timjamello, and @u32i64 for their contributions to this release.

New in Signal 6.43.0 Beta 1 (Dec 15, 2023)

  • Turn a missed call into something that won't be missed. Now you can right-click on any call event and delete it from a chat.
  • The default font for Persian has been updated to Vazirmatn to improve readability when that language is selected (Signal Settings > Appearance > Language). Thanks, @MahdiNazemi!
  • The playback speed indicators in voice messages have a slightly new look. X marks the spot. Thanks, @Shrinks99!
  • We would also like to thank @NetSysFire, @timjamello, and @u32i64 for their contributions to this release.

New in Signal 6.42.0 (Dec 15, 2023)

  • We fixed a bug that displayed quoted replies to videos as though they were quoted replies to photos, even though every video is really just a sequence of photos if you think about it.
  • Thanks to @qauff and @wyvurn-h4x3r for their help with this release.

New in Signal 6.42.0 Beta 1 (Dec 9, 2023)

  • We fixed a bug that displayed quoted replies to videos as though they were quoted replies to photos, even though every video is really just a sequence of photos if you think about it.
  • Thanks to @qauff and @wyvurn-h4x3r for their help with this release.

New in Signal 6.41.0 Beta 1 (Dec 2, 2023)

  • We fixed the transition animation for video tiles when someone joins or leaves a group call. When you see a friend's face slide into view, that's a social movement.
  • Now you can click on a profile photo or group avatar in the chat header to quickly access chat settings or view any unseen stories from that chat. Thanks, @bhaskarraksahb!

New in Signal 6.40.0 (Dec 2, 2023)

  • Now you can change your selected language in Signal without changing your system settings (Signal Settings > Appearance > Language).
  • We fixed a brief delay that sometimes occurred while joining a call lobby on macOS devices, which should get rid of at least one excuse for being a half-second late to the meeting.

New in Signal 6.40.0 Beta 2 (Nov 23, 2023)

  • Now you can change your selected language in Signal without changing your system settings (Signal Settings > Appearance > Language).
  • We fixed a brief delay that sometimes occurred while joining a call lobby on macOS devices, which should get rid of at least one excuse for being a half-second late to the meeting.

New in Signal 6.39.1 (Nov 23, 2023)

  • Now you can change your selected language in Signal without changing your system settings (Signal Settings > Appearance > Language).
  • We fixed a brief delay that sometimes occurred while joining a call lobby on macOS devices, which should get rid of at least one excuse for being a half-second late to the meeting.

New in Signal 6.40.0 Beta 1 (Nov 18, 2023)

  • Now you can change your selected language in Signal without changing your system settings (Signal Settings > Appearance > Language).
  • We fixed a brief delay that sometimes occurred while joining a call lobby on macOS devices, which should get rid of at least one excuse for being a half-second late to the meeting.

New in Signal 6.39.0 (Nov 18, 2023)

  • Now you can change your selected language in Signal without changing your system settings (Signal Settings > Appearance > Language).
  • We fixed a brief delay that sometimes occurred while joining a call lobby on macOS devices, which should get rid of at least one excuse for being a half-second late to the meeting.

New in Signal 6.39.0 Beta 2 (Nov 10, 2023)

  • Now you can change your selected language in Signal without changing your system settings (Signal Settings > Appearance > Language).
  • We fixed a brief delay that sometimes occurred while joining a call lobby on macOS devices, which should get rid of at least one excuse for being a half-second late to the meeting.

New in Signal 6.39.0 Beta 1 (Nov 10, 2023)

  • Now you can change your selected language in Signal without changing your system settings (Signal Settings > Appearance > Language).
  • We fixed a brief delay that sometimes occurred while joining a call lobby on macOS devices, which should get rid of at least one excuse for being a half-second late to the meeting.

New in Signal 6.38.0 (Nov 10, 2023)

  • This release includes an updated design for Signal voice and video calls. Now the calling user interface will still look fantastic even if your camera isn't on and you can't stare at your own beautiful reflection.

New in Signal 6.38.0 Beta 1 (Nov 4, 2023)

  • This release includes an updated design for Signal voice and video calls. Now the calling user interface will still look fantastic even if your camera isn't on and you can't stare at your own beautiful reflection.

New in Signal 6.37.0 (Nov 4, 2023)

  • We've added a new way to keep your Signal contacts nice and tidy. This Halloween season, remove the ghost of an old contact. Just click on the three dots next to their name in the contact list on the New Chat screen and select "Remove."

New in Signal 6.37.0 Beta 1 (Oct 26, 2023)

  • We've added a new way to keep your Signal contacts nice and tidy. This Halloween season, remove the ghost of an old contact. Just click on the three dots next to their name in the contact list on the New Chat screen and select "Remove."

New in Signal 6.36.0 (Oct 25, 2023)

  • We updated the user interface to better indicate when a group video call is reconnecting. Now you'll see blurred thumbnails instead of what used to look like an elaborate prank where everyone pretended to freeze at the same time.
  • The system tray icon will no longer appear pixelated on Ubuntu Linux, unless you've managed to get Ubuntu Linux running on an old smart refrigerator with a low-res screen.

New in Signal 6.36.0 Beta 2 (Oct 20, 2023)

  • We updated the user interface to better indicate when a group video call is reconnecting. Now you'll see blurred thumbnails instead of what used to look like an elaborate prank where everyone pretended to freeze at the same time.
  • The system tray icon will no longer appear pixelated on Ubuntu Linux, unless you've managed to get Ubuntu Linux running on an old smart refrigerator with a low-res screen.

New in Signal 6.35.0 (Oct 20, 2023)

  • We told ourselves that we would never do this, that we wouldn't be like the other apps with their lazy release notes, but this update really does include "bug fixes and UX improvements."

New in Signal 6.34.1 (Oct 18, 2023)

  • Typing indicators in group chats will now display multiple profile pictures if more than one person is typing. James Cameron convinced us that we didn't need to stop after one avatar.
  • Now you can right-click on any sent message or press the up arrow on your keyboard to edit what you just said! Fix a tpyo, include the missing ingredient in grandma's chocolate chip cookie recipe, or add the punchline to a joke if you hit the send button too quickly. The choice is yours. Messages will always show when they have been edited, and you can click on the "Edited" indicator to see the full edit history for any edited messages. Update the past in the present to prevent future confusion today!

New in Signal 6.35.0 Beta 2 (Oct 18, 2023)

  • We told ourselves that we would never do this, that we wouldn't be like the other apps with their lazy release notes, but this update really does include "bug fixes and UX improvements."

New in Signal 6.35.0 Beta 1 (Oct 13, 2023)

  • We told ourselves that we would never do this, that we wouldn't be like the other apps with their lazy release notes, but this update really does include "bug fixes and UX improvements."

New in Signal 6.34.0 (Oct 13, 2023)

  • Typing indicators in group chats will now display multiple profile pictures if more than one person is typing. James Cameron convinced us that we didn't need to stop after one avatar.
  • Now you can right-click on any sent message or press the up arrow on your keyboard to edit what you just said! Fix a tpyo, include the missing ingredient in grandma's chocolate chip cookie recipe, or add the punchline to a joke if you hit the send button too quickly. The choice is yours. Messages will always show when they have been edited, and you can click on the "Edited" indicator to see the full edit history for any edited messages. Update the past in the present to prevent future confusion today!

New in Signal 6.34.0 Beta 1 (Oct 7, 2023)

  • Typing indicators in group chats will now display multiple profile pictures if more than one person is typing. James Cameron convinced us that we didn't need to stop after one avatar.
  • Now you can right-click on any sent message or press the up arrow on your keyboard to edit what you just said! Fix a tpyo, include the missing ingredient in grandma's chocolate chip cookie recipe, or add the punchline to a joke if you hit the send button too quickly. The choice is yours. Messages will always show when they have been edited, and you can click on the "Edited" indicator to see the full edit history for any edited messages. Update the past in the present to prevent future confusion today!

New in Signal 6.33.0 (Oct 7, 2023)

  • Now you can edit a message with a right click after it has been sent! Fix a tpyo, include the missing ingredient in grandma's chocolate chip cookie recipe, or add the punchline to a joke if you hit the send button too quickly. The choice is yours. Messages will always show when they have been edited, and you can click on the "Edited" indicator to see the full edit history for any edited messages. Update the past in the present to prevent future confusion today!

New in Signal 6.33.0 Beta 1 (Sep 29, 2023)

  • Now you can edit a message with a right click after it has been sent! Fix a tpyo, include the missing ingredient in grandma's chocolate chip cookie recipe, or add the punchline to a joke if you hit the send button too quickly. The choice is yours. Messages will always show when they have been edited, and you can click on the "Edited" indicator to see the full edit history for any edited messages. Update the past in the present to prevent future confusion today!

New in Signal 6.32.0 (Sep 29, 2023)

  • If you say "media editor" five times fast, it starts to sound like "mediator" — but the new media editor is so much easier to use that you'll no longer feel like you need a mediator to settle a fight between you and the crop tool.
  • Sometimes the right reply can really help you get to the bottom of what people are saying, and now Signal will automatically scroll to what you just said whenever you send a message in a chat.

New in Signal 6.32.0 Beta 1 (Sep 23, 2023)

  • If you say "media editor" five times fast, it starts to sound like "mediator" — but the new media editor is so much easier to use that you'll no longer feel like you need a mediator to settle a fight between you and the crop tool.
  • Sometimes the right reply can really help you get to the bottom of what people are saying, and now Signal will automatically scroll to what you just said whenever you send a message in a chat.

New in Signal 6.31.0 (Sep 23, 2023)

  • This update fixes a handful of bugs, including one that caused the main Signal window to go blank if you viewed a debug log in full-screen mode on macOS. Seeing a completely Light or completely Dark window is arguably the purest possible expression of the Light Theme and Dark Theme, but we ultimately decided that the app is easier to use when you can see the interface too.

New in Signal 6.31.0 Beta 2 (Sep 13, 2023)

  • This update fixes a handful of bugs, including one that caused the main Signal window to go blank if you viewed a debug log in full-screen mode on macOS. Seeing a completely Light or completely Dark window is arguably the purest possible expression of the Light Theme and Dark Theme, but we ultimately decided that the app is easier to use when you can see the interface too.

New in Signal 6.30.2 (Sep 13, 2023)

  • Keep tabs on your calls with the new calls tab. Start a new call or return a call that you missed without having to find the corresponding chat. Now you can say hello with your voice without also saying goodbye to the unread marker for messages in that thread.

New in Signal 6.31.0 Beta 1 (Sep 8, 2023)

  • This update fixes a handful of bugs, including one that caused the main Signal window to go blank if you viewed a debug log in full-screen mode on macOS. Seeing a completely Light or completely Dark window is arguably the purest possible expression of the Light Theme and Dark Theme, but we ultimately decided that the app is easier to use when you can see the interface too.

New in Signal 6.30.1 (Sep 8, 2023)

  • Keep tabs on your calls with the new calls tab. Start a new call or return a call that you missed without having to find the corresponding chat. Now you can say hello with your voice without also saying goodbye to the unread marker for messages in that thread.

New in Signal 6.30.0 Beta 2 (Aug 25, 2023)

  • Keep tabs on your calls with the new calls tab. Start a new call or return a call that you missed without having to find the corresponding chat. Now you can say hello with your voice without also saying goodbye to the unread marker for messages in that thread.

New in Signal 6.29.1 (Aug 25, 2023)

  • The Chat Color customization screen is now displayed correctly across different languages and selected locales.
  • We improved notification support on Windows. If you don't click on a notification when it first arrives, the latest missed notification will appear in the Windows Notification Center. Clicking on that notification will now jump directly to that chat. We'd like to thank Julien Richard for their feedback.

New in Signal 6.30.0 Beta 1 (Aug 23, 2023)

  • Keep tabs on your calls with the new calls tab. Start a new call or return a call that you missed without having to find the corresponding chat. Now you can say hello with your voice without also saying goodbye to the unread marker for messages in that thread.

New in Signal 6.29.0 (Aug 23, 2023)

  • The Chat Color customization screen is now displayed correctly across different languages and selected locales.
  • We improved notification support on Windows. If you don't click on a notification when it first arrives, the latest missed notification will appear in the Windows Notification Center. Clicking on that notification will now jump directly to that chat. We'd like to thank Julien Richard for their feedback.

New in Signal 6.29.0 Beta 1 (Aug 10, 2023)

  • The Chat Color customization screen is now displayed correctly across different languages and selected locales.
  • We improved notification support on Windows. If you don't click on a notification when it first arrives, the latest missed notification will appear in the Windows Notification Center. Clicking on that notification will now jump directly to that chat. We'd like to thank Julien Richard for their feedback.

New in Signal 6.28.0 (Aug 10, 2023)

  • We modified the notification icons that appear for group updates, like when someone new joins a group. These icons help improve legibility, especially if you live within the darkness of the Dark Theme. The previous icons merely adopted the dark. The new icons were born in it, molded by it.

New in Signal 6.28.0 Beta 2 (Aug 7, 2023)

  • We modified the notification icons that appear for group updates, like when someone new joins a group. These icons help improve legibility, especially if you live within the darkness of the Dark Theme. The previous icons merely adopted the dark. The new icons were born in it, molded by it.

New in Signal 6.27.1 (Aug 7, 2023)

  • This update includes a few improvements for voice and video calls, and some minor documentation updates (thanks, @vijithassar!).

New in Signal 6.28.0 Beta 1 (Aug 1, 2023)

  • We modified the notification icons that appear for group updates, like when someone new joins a group. These icons help improve legibility, especially if you live within the darkness of the Dark Theme. The previous icons merely adopted the dark. The new icons were born in it, molded by it.

New in Signal 6.27.0 (Aug 1, 2023)

  • This update includes a few improvements for voice and video calls, and some minor documentation updates (thanks, @vijithassar!).

New in Signal 6.27.0 Beta 4 (Jul 28, 2023)

  • This update includes a few improvements for voice and video calls, and some minor documentation updates (thanks, @vijithassar!).

New in Signal 6.27.0 Beta 1 (Jul 23, 2023)

  • This update includes a few improvements for voice and video calls, and some minor documentation updates (thanks, @vijithassar!).

New in Signal 6.26.0 (Jul 23, 2023)

  • Diacritics (such as accent marks) are now supported in @ mentions, so you can remind Aristotélēs to answer your philosophy question in the "Ancient Greek Time Travellers" group chat.
  • Three cheers for triple-click text selection improvements. Thanks, @nrayburn-tech!

New in Signal 6.26.0 Beta 1 (Jul 14, 2023)

  • Diacritics (such as accent marks) are now supported in @ mentions, so you can remind Aristotélēs to answer your philosophy question in the "Ancient Greek Time Travellers" group chat.
  • Three cheers for triple-click text selection improvements. Thanks, @nrayburn-tech!

New in Signal 6.25.0 (Jul 13, 2023)

  • Now that the calling and conversation headers are draggable, repositioning your Signal window won't be such a drag.

New in Signal 6.25.0 Beta 1 (Jul 6, 2023)

  • Now that the calling and conversation headers are draggable, repositioning your Signal window won't be such a drag.

New in Signal 6.24.0 (Jul 6, 2023)

  • Now you can search your @ mentions too. "Thanks for adding this feature," you might say. "Don't mention it," we'll reply.

New in Signal 6.24.0 Beta 1 (Jul 4, 2023)

  • Now you can search your @ mentions too. "Thanks for adding this feature," you might say. "Don't mention it," we'll reply.

New in Signal 6.23.0 Beta 1 (Jun 25, 2023)

  • In addition to a small assortment of bug fixes, this release also incorporates developer documentation updates and some design improvements to the message forwarding interface

New in Signal 6.22.0 (Jun 25, 2023)

  • Format text in your messages by selecting any text in the message composition field. Make a bold statement that's actually bold, send M. Night Shyamalan a twist ending with a spoiler effect, emphasize a name by writing "Alex" in italics, put a line through a rejected dinner idea with strikethrough, or share code in monospace.
  • We added support for the latest emoji characters, so now you can express your excitement with "Shaking Face" or react with a "Pea Pod" when someone asks you how close you are to your friends.

New in Signal 6.22.0 Beta 3 (Jun 16, 2023)

  • Beta bonus: Get an early sneak peak at the upcoming new “edit message” functionality. This feature will start rolling out in a few months, but you can help us test it in advance during this beta period. Thanks for your help!

New in Signal 6.22.0 Beta 2 (Jun 15, 2023)

  • Format text in your messages by selecting any text in the message composition field. Make a bold statement that's actually bold, send M. Night Shyamalan a twist ending with a spoiler effect, emphasize a name by writing "Alex" in italics, put a line through a rejected dinner idea with strikethrough, or share code in monospace.
  • We added support for the latest emoji characters, so now you can express your excitement with "Shaking Face" or react with a "Pea Pod" when someone asks you how close you are to your friends.

New in Signal 6.21.0 (Jun 15, 2023)

  • Get a better look at yourself while a 1-on-1 call is ringing. Individual video calls now use the same full-screen view that previously only appeared at the beginning of a new group call. When it comes to being consistent, we try to be persistent (not resistant) and now the discrepancy is nonexistent because these things are no longer different.
  • We'd also like to express our appreciation to @complexspaces for their help and feedback while working on this release.

New in Signal 6.21.0 Beta 2 (Jun 10, 2023)

  • Get a better look at yourself while a 1-on-1 call is ringing. Individual video calls now use the same full-screen view that previously only appeared at the beginning of a new group call. When it comes to being consistent, we try to be persistent (not resistant) and now the discrepancy is nonexistent because these things are no longer different.
  • We'd also like to express our appreciation to @complexspaces for their help and feedback while working on this release.
  • This release fixes an issue causing connectivity problems to Signal servers on some networks.

New in Signal 6.20.2 (Jun 10, 2023)

  • If someone mentions you in a chat (like @ Your Name Goes Here), now you can quickly scroll to that mention and read all of the wonderful things that they said about you. You’re simply the best.
  • This release fixes an issue causing connectivity problems to Signal servers on some networks.

New in Signal 6.21.0 Beta 1 (Jun 8, 2023)

  • Get a better look at yourself while a 1-on-1 call is ringing. Individual video calls now use the same full-screen view that previously only appeared at the beginning of a new group call. When it comes to being consistent, we try to be persistent (not resistant) and now the discrepancy is nonexistent because these things are no longer different.
  • We'd also like to express our appreciation to @complexspaces for their help and feedback while working on this release.

New in Signal 6.20.1 (Jun 7, 2023)

  • If someone mentions you in a chat (like @ Your Name Goes Here), now you can quickly scroll to that mention and read all of the wonderful things that they said about you. You’re simply the best.

New in Signal 6.20.0 (Jun 2, 2023)

  • If someone mentions you in a chat (like @ Your Name Goes Here), now you can quickly scroll to that mention and read all of the wonderful things that they said about you. You’re simply the best.

New in Signal 6.20.0 Beta 1 (May 27, 2023)

  • If someone mentions you in a chat (like @ Your Name Goes Here), now you can quickly scroll to that mention and read all of the wonderful things that they said about you. You’re simply the best.

New in Signal 6.19.0 (May 25, 2023)

  • Silence isn’t always golden, but it does have a new icon. We updated the Camera and Mute buttons in voice and video calls so it’s even easier to see when they are enabled or disabled.
  • Localization improvements, and better handling of right-to-left languages in the message composition field. Thanks, @sha-265!
  • If you are on a version of Windows before Windows 10, or a version of Ubuntu before 20.04 LTS, you will need to update your operating system to continue using Signal: https://support.signal.org/hc/articles/5109141421850-Supporting-Older-Operating-Systems

New in Signal 6.18.1 (May 23, 2023)

  • Use the "Navigate by section" keyboard shortcuts (⌘/Ctrl+T & ⌘/Ctrl+F6) to quickly move between different areas of the app. It's like a - superhero version of the Tab key that can fly further and faster than its mild-mannered alter ego.
  • We added support for optional message sounds so that you can also hear notifications for sent and received messages while a chat is - open (Settings > Notifications).
  • Jump to the latest unread message in a chat (⌘/Ctrl+J) without touching the mouse or helping the touchpad live up to its name.
  • Updated icons give the app a fresh look and help improve legibility.
  • There's a new "Copy text" option in the triple-dot menu too. Thanks, @yusufsahinhamza!
  • We've added additional translations for certain UI strings

New in Signal 6.19.0 Beta 1 (May 19, 2023)

  • Silence isn’t always golden, but it does have a new icon. We updated the Camera and Mute buttons in voice and video calls so it’s even easier to see when they are enabled or disabled.
  • Localization improvements, and better handling of right-to-left languages in the message composition field. Thanks, @sha-265!
  • If you are on a version of Windows before Windows 10, or a version of Ubuntu before 20.04 LTS, you will need to update your operating system to continue using Signal: https://support.signal.org/hc/articles/5109141421850-Supporting-Older-Operating-Systems

New in Signal 6.18.0 (May 19, 2023)

  • Use the "Navigate by section" keyboard shortcuts (⌘/Ctrl+T & ⌘/Ctrl+F6) to quickly move between different areas of the app. It's like a - superhero version of the Tab key that can fly further and faster than its mild-mannered alter ego.
  • We added support for optional message sounds so that you can also hear notifications for sent and received messages while a chat is - open (Settings > Notifications).
  • Jump to the latest unread message in a chat (⌘/Ctrl+J) without touching the mouse or helping the touchpad live up to its name.
  • Updated icons give the app a fresh look and help improve legibility.
  • There's a new "Copy text" option in the triple-dot menu too. Thanks, @yusufsahinhamza!

New in Signal 6.18.0 Beta 2 (May 13, 2023)

  • Use the "Navigate by section" keyboard shortcuts (⌘/Ctrl+T & ⌘/Ctrl+F6) to quickly move between different areas of the app. It's like a - superhero version of the Tab key that can fly further and faster than its mild-mannered alter ego.
  • We added support for optional message sounds so that you can also hear notifications for sent and received messages while a chat is - open (Settings > Notifications).
  • Jump to the latest unread message in a chat (⌘/Ctrl+J) without touching the mouse or helping the touchpad live up to its name.
  • Updated icons give the app a fresh look and help improve legibility.
  • There's a new "Copy text" option in the triple-dot menu too. Thanks, @yusufsahinhamza!

New in Signal 6.17.1 (May 13, 2023)

  • Improved support for right-to-left (RTL) languages.
  • Locales are now matched based on your system preferences. This should result in better default behavior when multiple languages are configured.
  • This release additionally (a10y) introduces several accessibility (a11y) enhancements and bug fixes, and we affectionately (a12y) would like to thank the community for their feedback and suggestions.

New in Signal 6.18.0 Beta 1 (May 11, 2023)

  • Use the "Navigate by section" keyboard shortcuts (⌘/Ctrl+T & ⌘/Ctrl+F6) to quickly move between different areas of the app. It's like a - superhero version of the Tab key that can fly further and faster than its mild-mannered alter ego.
  • We added support for optional message sounds so that you can also hear notifications for sent and received messages while a chat is - open (Settings > Notifications).
  • Jump to the latest unread message in a chat (⌘/Ctrl+J) without touching the mouse or helping the touchpad live up to its name.
  • Updated icons give the app a fresh look and help improve legibility.
  • There's a new "Copy text" option in the triple-dot menu too. Thanks, @yusufsahinhamza!

New in Signal 6.17.0 (May 10, 2023)

  • Improved support for right-to-left (RTL) languages.
  • Locales are now matched based on your system preferences. This should result in better default behavior when multiple languages are configured.
  • This release additionally (a10y) introduces several accessibility (a11y) enhancements and bug fixes, and we affectionately (a12y) would like to thank the community for their feedback and suggestions.

New in Signal 6.17.0 Beta 1 (Apr 26, 2023)

  • Improved support for right-to-left (RTL) languages.
  • Locales are now matched based on your system preferences. This should result in better default behavior when multiple languages are configured.
  • This release additionally (a10y) introduces several accessibility (a11y) enhancements and bug fixes, and we affectionately (a12y) would like to thank the community for their feedback and suggestions.

New in Signal 6.16.0 (Apr 26, 2023)

  • Hard at work fixing bugs and making other performance improvements to keep the app running smoothly for you.

New in Signal 6.16.0 Beta 1 (Apr 20, 2023)

  • Hard at work fixing bugs and making other performance improvements to keep the app running smoothly for you.

New in Signal 6.15.0 (Apr 20, 2023)

  • The “Delete for everyone” option is now also available when multiple messages have been selected. Sometimes the road to a successful message is paved with “This message was deleted.”

New in Signal 6.15.0 Beta 1 (Apr 18, 2023)

  • The “Delete for everyone” option is now also available when multiple messages have been selected. Sometimes the road to a successful message is paved with “This message was deleted.”

New in Signal 6.14.0 (Apr 12, 2023)

  • Tweaks, bug fixes, and performance enhancements. Keep on texting, calling, and video chatting as usual.

New in Signal 6.14.0 Beta 1 (Apr 6, 2023)

  • Tweaks, bug fixes, and performance enhancements. Keep on texting, calling, and video chatting as usual.

New in Signal 6.13.0 (Apr 6, 2023)

  • Progress report: The new progress bar is ready. Quickly see more information about the loading process whenever you launch Signal Desktop.
  • Theme preferences now also apply to the checkboxes in Signal Settings. Thanks to @rakleed on GitHub for helping us check "More fully embrace darkness in the dark theme" off of our TODO list.

New in Signal 6.13.0 Beta 1 (Apr 2, 2023)

  • Progress report: The new progress bar is ready. Quickly see more information about the loading process whenever you launch Signal Desktop.
  • Theme preferences now also apply to the checkboxes in Signal Settings. Thanks to @rakleed on GitHub for helping us check "More fully embrace darkness in the dark theme" off of our TODO list.

New in Signal 6.12.0 (Apr 2, 2023)

  • Now you can select multiple messages and forward or delete them all at once.
  • We updated the Sticker Creator with a few design tweaks and added some helpful tips for aspiring sticker artists. The Sticker Creator now opens in your web browser, which makes Signal Desktop a little smaller and leaves a bit more room on your hard drive for all of your favorite sticker packs.

New in Signal 6.12.0 Beta 1 (Mar 24, 2023)

  • Now you can select multiple messages and forward or delete them all at once.
  • We updated the Sticker Creator with a few design tweaks and added some helpful tips for aspiring sticker artists. The Sticker Creator now opens in your web browser, which makes Signal Desktop a little smaller and leaves a bit more room on your hard drive for all of your favorite sticker packs.

New in Signal 6.11.0 (Mar 24, 2023)

  • Start talking to yourself even faster with a new icon that makes the “Note to Self” chat easier to find.

New in Signal 6.11.0 Beta 2 (Mar 19, 2023)

  • Start talking to yourself even faster with a new icon that makes the “Note to Self” chat easier to find. Thanks to @hackerbirds on GitHub for their contribution.

New in Signal 6.10.1 (Mar 19, 2023)

  • Click on any picture or video and use the new Forward and Backward buttons in the media viewer to take a visual walk down memory lane.
  • Voice messages are now saved as drafts if you switch to another chat while a recording is in progress.
  • Sending a sticker no longer causes draft text to get cleared. Thanks, @lamemakes!
  • We'd also like to thank @norstbox for bringing the conversation search bar icons back into alignment.

New in Signal 6.10.0 Beta 1 (Mar 13, 2023)

  • Click on any picture or video and use the new Forward and Backward buttons in the media viewer to take a visual walk down memory lane.
  • Voice messages are now saved as drafts if you switch to another chat while a recording is in progress.
  • Sending a sticker no longer causes draft text to get cleared. Thanks, @lamemakes!
  • We'd also like to thank @norstbox for bringing the conversation search bar icons back into alignment.

New in Signal 6.9.0 (Mar 9, 2023)

  • Quickly see who is speaking during group calls with a new highlight feature that shows you where to look. If it's your turn to speak, you'll need to look within.
  • Have the time of your life with several stickers in the media editor that let you add stylized time decorations on outgoing images.
  • Use the voice notes mini player to continue listening to long messages even after you switch to a different chat.

New in Signal 6.9.0 Beta 1 (Mar 2, 2023)

  • Quickly see who is speaking during group calls with a new highlight feature that shows you where to look. If it's your turn to speak, you'll need to look within.
  • Have the time of your life with several stickers in the media editor that let you add stylized time decorations on outgoing images.
  • Use the voice notes mini player to continue listening to long messages even after you switch to a different chat.

New in Signal 6.8.0 (Mar 2, 2023)

  • You wouldn't download a car, but now when you download an MP3 voice note it will be saved with the proper file extension.
  • Quickly begin typing a message after attaching a file, or just hit Enter/Return to send the file without any extra clicks. Thanks, @zyphlar!
  • The send button in the large composition view has been brought into alignment. Thanks, @hackerbirds!
  • If you are the only person in a group (so far) and you attempt to begin a group call, now you can join the call and start talking to yourself right away instead of waiting for the call to ring. Thanks, @lamemakes!

New in Signal 6.8.0 Beta 1 (Feb 27, 2023)

  • You wouldn't download a car, but now when you download an MP3 voice note it will be saved with the proper file extension.
  • Quickly begin typing a message after attaching a file, or just hit Enter/Return to send the file without any extra clicks. Thanks, @zyphlar!
  • The send button in the large composition view has been brought into alignment. Thanks, @hackerbirds!
  • If you are the only person in a group (so far) and you attempt to begin a group call, now you can join the call and start talking to yourself right away instead of waiting for the call to ring. Thanks, @lamemakes!

New in Signal 6.7.0 (Feb 23, 2023)

  • Additional small tweaks, bug fixes, and assorted plans for the future.

New in Signal 6.7.0 Beta 1 (Feb 19, 2023)

  • Additional small tweaks, bug fixes, and assorted plans for the future.

New in Signal 6.6.0 (Feb 19, 2023)

  • Hard at work fixing bugs and making other performance improvements to keep the app running smoothly for you.

New in Signal 6.5.1 (Feb 13, 2023)

  • We fixed a rare bug that could prevent the app from launching correctly. If Signal started immediately crashing after the last update, you can reinstall this version without losing any of your message history. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience.

New in Signal 6.6.0 Beta 1 (Feb 10, 2023)

  • Hard at work fixing bugs and making other performance improvements to keep the app running smoothly for you.

New in Signal 6.5.0 (Feb 10, 2023)

  • Speed up your response time. Now you can react quicker by clicking on any emoji when replying to a story.
  • It's now possible to search your message history for individual characters in Chinese and Japanese.

New in Signal 6.5.0 Beta 1 (Feb 3, 2023)

  • Speed up your response time. Now you can react quicker by clicking on any emoji when replying to a story.
  • It's now possible to search your message history for individual characters in Chinese and Japanese

New in Signal 6.4.0 Beta 2 (Jan 27, 2023)

  • Fix for recording of voice notes

New in Signal 6.4.0 Beta 1 (Jan 27, 2023)

  • Hard at work fixing bugs and making other performance improvements to keep the app running smoothly for you.

New in Signal 6.3.0 (Jan 27, 2023)

  • Double-click on any message row in a chat to start a quoted reply. It's like a shortcut for new thoughts about old ideas. Thanks to @WhyNotHugo and the Signal community for implementing this feature and providing feedback.
  • Now it's easier to click outside of an image to dismiss the gallery view without zooming in. Sometimes you just wanted to close, and instead things got too close. Thanks to @jojomatik for the fix!
  • Tweaks, bug fixes, and performance enhancements.

New in Signal 6.3.0 Beta 2 (Jan 24, 2023)

  • Hard at work fixing bugs and making other performance improvements to keep the app running smoothly for you.

New in Signal 6.3.0 Beta 1 (Jan 13, 2023)

  • Double-click on any message row in a chat to start a quoted reply. It's like a shortcut for new thoughts about old ideas. Thanks to @WhyNotHugo and the Signal community for implementing this feature and providing feedback.
  • Now it's easier to click outside of an image to dismiss the gallery view without zooming in. Sometimes you just wanted to close, and instead things got too close. Thanks to @jojomatik for the fix!

New in Signal 6.2.0 (Jan 12, 2023)

  • Tweaks, bug fixes, and performance enhancements. Keep on texting, calling, and video chatting as usual

New in Signal 6.2.0 Beta 3 (Jan 8, 2023)

  • Tweaks, bug fixes, and performance enhancements. Keep on texting, calling, and video chatting as usual

New in Signal 6.2.0 Beta 2 (Dec 22, 2022)

  • Tweaks, bug fixes, and performance enhancements. Keep on texting, calling, and video chatting as usual

New in Signal 6.2.0 Beta 1 (Dec 20, 2022)

  • Tweaks, bug fixes, and performance enhancements. Keep on texting, calling, and video chatting as usual

New in Signal 6.1.0 (Dec 15, 2022)

  • When you start a group call for small groups (up to 16 people), you can choose to send a ringing notification. Group members will hear a ring if they are on the iOS beta or using Desktop or Android.
  • Small tweaks, bug fixes, and performance enhancements.

New in Signal 6.0.1 (Dec 6, 2022)

  • Stories are now in Signal! Share disappearing text, images, and video updates with select friends or groups that automatically disappear after 24 hours. For everyone who loves sharing stories, here’s a way to do it privately and without seeing any ads. If you don’t want to see or share stories, you can opt out of it all in your Preferences > Privacy.

New in Signal 6.1.0 Beta 1 (Dec 5, 2022)

  • When you start a group call for small groups (up to 16 people), you can choose to send a ringing notification. Group members will hear a ring if they are on the iOS beta or using Desktop or Android.

New in Signal 6.0.0 (Dec 5, 2022)

  • Stories are now in Signal! Share disappearing text, images, and video updates with select friends or groups that automatically disappear after 24 hours. For everyone who loves sharing stories, here’s a way to do it privately and without seeing any ads. If you don’t want to see or share stories, you can opt out of it all in your Preferences > Privacy.

New in Signal 6.0.0 Beta 3 (Nov 29, 2022)

  • Hard at work fixing bugs and making other performance improvements to keep the app running smoothly for you.
  • Start using and testing our new stories feature. You can use the feature with other beta testers and let us know how it's working.

New in Signal 6.0.0 Beta 2 (Nov 17, 2022)

  • Hard at work fixing bugs and making other performance improvements to keep the app running smoothly for you.
  • Start using and testing our new stories feature. You can use the feature with other beta testers and let us know how it's working.

New in Signal 5.63.1 (Nov 10, 2022)

  • Hard at work fixing bugs and making other performance improvements to keep the app running smoothly for you.

New in Signal 5.63.0 (Nov 4, 2022)

  • Hard at work fixing bugs and making other performance improvements to keep the app running smoothly for you.

New in Signal 5.63.0 Beta 5 (Oct 26, 2022)

  • Hard at work fixing bugs and making other performance improvements to keep the app running smoothly for you.

New in Signal 5.63.0 Beta 4 (Oct 19, 2022)

  • Hard at work fixing bugs and making other performance improvements to keep the app running smoothly for you.
  • Start using and testing our new stories feature. You can use the feature with other beta testers and let us know how it's working.

New in Signal 5.63.0 Beta 3 (Oct 13, 2022)

  • This release fixes an issue where Stories wasn't fully enabled for beta users

New in Signal 5.63.0 Beta 2 (Oct 12, 2022)

  • Start using and testing our new stories feature. You can use the feature with other beta testers and let us know how it's working.

New in Signal 5.63.0 Beta 1 (Oct 6, 2022)

  • Hard at work fixing bugs and making other performance improvements to keep the app running smoothly for you.

New in Signal 5.62.0 (Oct 6, 2022)

  • Can’t remember which of your friends named Lou is on your basketball team? Check contact details to see shared groups between you and a friend.
  • Easily add a friend to a group from their contact details screen to keep the conversation exciting.

New in Signal 5.61.1 (Sep 30, 2022)

  • Fix positioning of submenus in custom titlebar on Windows in RTL mode
  • Fix dismissing of forward and other modals

New in Signal 5.62.0 Beta 1 (Sep 29, 2022)

  • Can’t remember which of your friends named Lou is on your basketball team? Check contact details to see shared groups between you and a friend.
  • Easily add a friend to a group from their contact details screen to keep the conversation exciting.

New in Signal 5.61.0 (Sep 29, 2022)

  • Facing a conversation with a long list of Voice Notes to listen to? Click play, sit back, and relax - they'll continue playing automatically!
  • You can now attach some video flavor to a message along with your vacation photos!

New in Signal 5.61.0 Beta 1 (Sep 27, 2022)

  • Facing a conversation with a long list of Voice Notes to listen to? Click play, sit back, and relax - they'll continue playing automatically!
  • You can now attach some video flavor to a message along with your vacation photos!

New in Signal 5.60.0 (Sep 23, 2022)

  • Small tweaks, bug fixes, and performance enhancements. Thanks for using Signal!

New in Signal 5.59.0 (Sep 15, 2022)

  • Small tweaks, bug fixes, and performance enhancements.

New in Signal 5.59.0 Beta 1 (Sep 9, 2022)

  • Small tweaks, bug fixes, and performance enhancements. Thanks for using Signal!

New in Signal 5.58.0 (Sep 8, 2022)

  • Tweaks, bug fixes, and performance enhancements. Keep on texting, calling, and video chatting as usual.

New in Signal 5.58.0 Beta 1 (Sep 1, 2022)

  • Hard at work fixing bugs and making other performance improvements to keep the app running smoothly for you.

New in Signal 5.57.0 (Sep 1, 2022)

  • Change the speed of audio messages to either get to the point or catch the details.
  • Streamline your emoji searching. Once you’ve pulled up the emoji picker, skip the mag and just start typing keywords.

New in Signal 5.57.0 Beta 1 (Aug 26, 2022)

  • Small tweaks, bug fixes, and performance enhancements. Thanks for using Signal!
  • Change the speed of audio messages to either get to the point or catch the details.
  • Streamline your emoji searching. Once you’ve pulled up the emoji picker, skip the and just start typing keywords.

New in Signal 5.56.0 Beta 1 (Aug 20, 2022)

  • Small tweaks, bug fixes, and performance enhancements. Thanks for using Signal!

New in Signal 5.55.0 (Aug 20, 2022)

  • Additional small tweaks, bug fixes, and assorted plans for the future.

New in Signal 5.54.0 (Aug 11, 2022)

  • Additional small tweaks, bug fixes, and assorted plans for the future.

New in Signal 5.53.0 (Aug 4, 2022)

  • If you’re using the JAWS screen reading program, you can now successfully play voice memos and access longer messages that get shortened behind a “read more” button.
  • Additional small tweaks, bug fixes, and performance enhancements. Thanks for using Signal!

New in Signal 5.53.0 Beta 1 (Aug 3, 2022)

  • If you’re using the JAWS screen reading program, you can now successfully play voice memos and access longer messages that get shortened behind a “read more” button.
  • Additional small tweaks, bug fixes, and performance enhancements. Thanks for using Signal!

New in Signal 5.51.0 (Jul 28, 2022)

  • Fixes a bug that prevented some users from starting the app
  • Fixes a bug that prevented some users from fetching and updating group information

New in Signal 5.50.1 (Jul 17, 2022)

  • This release fixes an issue where the menu bar and window chrome were missing on some versions of Windows.

New in Signal 5.49.0 (Jul 8, 2022)

  • This version contains a number of small tweaks and bug fixes to keep Signal running smoothly.

New in Signal 5.48.0 (Jul 4, 2022)

  • This version contains a number of small tweaks and bug fixes to keep Signal running smoothly.

New in Signal 5.48.0 Beta 1 (Jun 27, 2022)

  • This version contains a number of small tweaks and bug fixes to keep Signal running smoothly.

New in Signal 5.47.0 (Jun 27, 2022)

  • For all the dark mode folks on Windows, we've got a new titlebar to match your style.

New in Signal 5.47.0 Beta 2 (Jun 21, 2022)

  • This release fixes an issue preventing Windows 7 from using the app.

New in Signal 5.47.0 Beta 1 (Jun 18, 2022)

  • For all the dark mode folks on Windows, we've got a new titlebar to match your style.

New in Signal 5.45.1 (Jun 9, 2022)

  • Dynamic audio indicators in group calls help you see if you're whispering, yelling, or just right.
  • Groups you’ve requested to join from your phone (via an invite link) will now show up on Desktop.
  • Got a spotty Wi-Fi connection? Not a problem, you can now retry downloading attachments.

New in Signal 5.45.0 (Jun 2, 2022)

  • Dynamic audio indicators in group calls help you see if you're whispering, yelling, or just right.
  • Groups you’ve requested to join from your phone (via an invite link) will now show up on Desktop.
  • Got a spotty Wi-Fi connection? Not a problem, you can now retry downloading attachments.

New in Signal 5.45.0 Beta 1 (May 26, 2022)

  • Dynamic audio indicators in group calls help you see if you're whispering, yelling, or just right.
  • Groups you’ve requested to join from your phone (via an invite link) will now show up on Desktop.
  • Got a spotty Wi-Fi connection? Not a problem, you can now retry downloading attachments.

New in Signal 5.44.0 (May 25, 2022)

  • This version contains a number of small tweaks and bug fixes to keep Signal running smoothly.

New in Signal 5.42.0 (May 5, 2022)

  • This version contains a number of small tweaks and bug fixes to keep Signal running smoothly.

New in Signal 5.41.0 Beta 2 (Apr 27, 2022)

  • This version contains a number of small tweaks and bug fixes to keep Signal running smoothly.

New in Signal 5.40.1 (Apr 27, 2022)

  • Bug fixes including a fix to an issue that would sometimes make it difficult to click on menus.
  • Thanks to our open source contributors @dsanders11 and @yusufsahinhamza for contributing to these improvements.

New in Signal 5.40.0 Beta 1 (Apr 17, 2022)

  • Bug fixes including a fix to an issue that would sometimes make it difficult to click on menus.
  • Thanks to our open source contributors @dsanders11 and @yusufsahinhamza for contributing to these improvements.

New in Signal 5.39.0 (Apr 17, 2022)

  • You can now add people to groups using just their phone number.
  • Your favorite contacts are now just a few keystrokes away. Contact search now supports non-Latin alphabets like Cyrillic.

New in Signal 5.39.0 Beta 1 (Apr 10, 2022)

  • You can now add people to groups using just their phone number.
  • Your favorite contacts are now just a few keystrokes away. Contact search now supports non-Latin alphabets like Cyrillic.

New in Signal 5.38.0 (Apr 10, 2022)

  • This version contains a number of small tweaks and bug fixes to keep Signal running smoothly.

New in Signal 5.38.0 Beta 2 (Apr 7, 2022)

  • This version contains a number of small tweaks and bug fixes to keep Signal running smoothly.

New in Signal 5.38.0 Beta 1 (Apr 4, 2022)

  • This version contains a number of small tweaks and bug fixes to keep Signal running smoothly.

New in Signal 5.37.0 (Apr 4, 2022)

  • We're keeping short messages short, by putting stuff like timestamps on the same line as the text. Now you've got more space on the screen for that quick 'hey' to check in on a friend.
  • Missing sticker packs begone! Desktop should now be able to handle all sticker packs that your phone can!

New in Signal 5.36.0 (Mar 24, 2022)

  • Quickly scanning that group chat? There's more room for more messages on the screen at once. We now group sender's messages together if they're close together in time.
  • When you perform a Delete for Everyone you'll now see a progress spinner letting you know whether it's been successfully sent or not. If it fails for some reason, you'll be able to retry too!

New in Signal 5.37.0 Beta 1 (Mar 24, 2022)

  • We're keeping short messages short, by putting stuff like timestamps on the same line as the text. Now you've got more space on the screen for that quick 'hey' to check in on a friend.
  • Missing sticker packs begone! Desktop should now be able to handle all sticker packs that your phone can!

New in Signal 5.36.0 Beta 3 (Mar 17, 2022)

  • Quickly scanning that group chat? There's more room for more messages on the screen at once. We now group sender's messages together if they're close together in time.
  • When you perform a Delete for Everyone you'll now see a progress spinner letting you know whether it's been successfully sent or not. If it fails for some reason, you'll be able to retry too!
  • Thanks to our volunteer translators, we've added support for Scottish Gaelic!

New in Signal 5.36.0 Beta 2 (Mar 15, 2022)

  • Quickly scanning that group chat? There's more room for more messages on the screen at once. We now group sender's messages together if they're close together in time.
  • When you perform a Delete for Everyone you'll now see a progress spinner letting you know whether it's been successfully sent or not. If it fails for some reason, you'll be able to retry too!
  • Thanks to our volunteer translators, we've added support for Scottish Gaelic!

New in Signal 5.36.0 Beta 1 (Mar 10, 2022)

  • Quickly scanning that group chat? There's more room for more messages on the screen at once. We now group sender's messages together if they're close together in time.
  • When you perform a Delete for Everyone you'll now see a progress spinner letting you know whether it's been successfully sent or not. If it fails for some reason, you'll be able to retry too!
  • Thanks to our volunteer translators, we've added support for Scottish Gaelic!

New in Signal 5.35.0 (Mar 10, 2022)

  • A new update system has been introduced and folks should start seeing smaller updates with the next update.
  • Applications that use media keys rejoice! Signal no longer has a hold on them.
  • Better font support for our Japanese friends.

New in Signal 5.35.0 Beta 1 (Mar 3, 2022)

  • A new update system has been introduced and folks should start seeing smaller updates with the next update.
  • Applications that use media keys rejoice! Signal no longer has a hold on them.
  • Better font support for our Japanese friends.

New in Signal 5.34.0 (Mar 3, 2022)

  • Ever used Signal while on an unstable connection? You can worry no more - disappearing message timer changes and more will now be synced back once your Wi-Fi feels better again.

New in Signal 5.34.0 Beta 1 (Feb 24, 2022)

  • Ever used Signal while on an unstable connection? You can worry no more - disappearing message timer changes and more will now be synced back once your Wi-Fi feels better again.

New in Signal 5.33.0 (Feb 24, 2022)

  • This version contains a number of small tweaks and bug fixes to keep Signal running smoothly.

New in Signal 5.33.0 Beta 1 (Feb 17, 2022)

  • This version contains a number of small tweaks and bug fixes to keep Signal running smoothly.

New in Signal 5.32.0 (Feb 17, 2022)

  • Easily track down that errant loud typist or heavy chewer in group calls - we've introduced a new animated speaking indicator!
  • The list of supported languages has expanded. We sincerely appreciate the volunteer translators whose efforts made this possible.

New in Signal 5.31.1 (Feb 14, 2022)

  • This version contains a number of small tweaks and bug fixes to keep Signal running smoothly.

New in Signal 5.32.0 Beta 1 (Feb 11, 2022)

  • Easily track down that errant loud typist or heavy chewer in group calls - we've introduced a new animated speaking indicator!
  • The list of supported languages has expanded. We sincerely appreciate the volunteer translators whose efforts made this possible.

New in Signal 5.31.0 (Feb 11, 2022)

  • Endlessly scroll through your conversations and feel confident that wherever you are in the conversation you will know when.
  • Shuffled around the spacing in the left pane header and search area and now there is so much room for activities!
  • This version contains a number of small tweaks and bug fixes to keep Signal running smoothly.

New in Signal 5.31.0 Beta 1 (Feb 3, 2022)

  • Endlessly scroll through your conversations and feel confident that wherever you are in the conversation you will know when.
  • Shuffled around the spacing in the left pane header and search area and now there is so much room for activities!
  • This version contains a number of small tweaks and bug fixes to keep Signal running smoothly.

New in Signal 5.30.0 (Feb 3, 2022)

  • This version contains a number of small tweaks and bug fixes to keep Signal running smoothly.

New in Signal 5.30.0 Beta 1 (Jan 21, 2022)

  • This version contains a number of small tweaks and bug fixes to keep Signal running smoothly.

New in Signal 5.29.0 (Jan 21, 2022)

  • Now, with fewer frantic searches for the loud typist or heavy chewer! In the call lobby, Desktop will now automatically disable audio if there are eight or more people in the call.

New in Signal 5.29.0 Beta 1 (Jan 13, 2022)

  • Now, with fewer frantic searches for the loud typist or heavy chewer! In the call lobby, Desktop will now automatically disable audio if there are eight or more people in the call.

New in Signal 5.28.0 (Jan 13, 2022)

  • New year, new initial setup screen. We've redesigned the initial setup screens just in time for 2022.

New in Signal 5.27.1 (Jan 7, 2022)

  • Signal Desktop is now optimized for Apple's M1 chip which is used in their newer computers. If you're on one of those new-fangled devices, the app should be much snappier. If you're not, give a warm welcome to the users that are. Huge thanks to @dennisameling for his hard work here!
  • This release should speed things up for users who saw a drop in performance with 5.27.0.

New in Signal 5.28.0 Beta 1 (Jan 5, 2022)

  • Signal Desktop is now optimized for Apple's M1 chip which is used in their newer computers. If you're on one of those new-fangled devices, the app should be much snappier. If you're not, give a warm welcome to the users that are. Huge thanks to Dennis Ameling for his hard work here!
  • New year, new initial setup screen. We've redesigned the initial setup screens just in time for 2022.

New in Signal 5.27.0 (Jan 5, 2022)

  • On a long call? Your system should stay awake the whole time, instead of falling asleep while you're in the middle of an important discussion.
  • There are also a number of small tweaks and bug fixes to keep Signal running smoothly, including several calling-related improvements.

New in Signal 5.26.1 (Dec 21, 2021)

  • Fix media editor not working for some users

New in Signal 5.27.0 Beta 2 (Dec 21, 2021)

  • This release fixes several bugs reported by beta users. Keep those bug reports coming!

New in Signal 5.27.0 Beta 1 (Dec 14, 2021)

  • Signal Desktop now natively supports Apple's M1 chip which is used in their newer computers. If you're on one of those new-fangled devices, the app should be much snappier. If you're not, give a warm welcome to the users that are. Huge thanks to @dennisameling for his hard work here!
  • On a long call? Your system should stay awake the whole time, instead of falling asleep while you're in the middle of an important discussion.
  • There are also a number of small tweaks and bug fixes to keep Signal running smoothly, including several calling-related improvements.

New in Signal 5.26.0 (Dec 14, 2021)

  • Tired: Sending plain un-edited images on Signal. Wired: Adding cat stickers, neon text, and drawing happy trees on your images before sending them on Signal.
  • Ever feel like you need more pixels on the right pane in your life? Are you a fan of avatars, but only avatars and nothing else? Do you have a "Save the screen real estate" bumper sticker on your car? If you answered yes or no to any of those questions, then this update has got some collapsible left pane for you.

New in Signal 5.25.1 (Dec 9, 2021)

  • This release fixes a bug preventing some users from starting Desktop after becoming unlinked.
  • It also fixes a bug where recording a voice note would change the microphone's recording volume.

New in Signal 5.26.0 Beta 3 (Dec 8, 2021)

  • This release fixes several bugs reported by beta users

New in Signal 5.26.0 Beta 2 (Dec 5, 2021)

  • This release fixes a few issues in the new Media Editor, as reported by beta users. Thanks to everyone to uses our beta builds!

New in Signal 5.26.0 Beta 1 (Dec 3, 2021)

  • Tired: Sending plain un-edited images on Signal. Wired: Adding cat stickers, neon text, and drawing happy trees on your images before sending them on Signal.
  • Ever feel like you need more pixels on the right pane in your life? Are you a fan of avatars, but only avatars and nothing else? Do you have a "Save the screen real estate" bumper sticker on your car? If you answered yes or no to any of those questions, then this update has got some collapsible left pane for you.

New in Signal 5.25.0 (Dec 2, 2021)

  • This version contains a number of small tweaks and bug fixes to keep Signal running smoothly.

New in Signal 5.25.0 Beta 2 (Nov 18, 2021)

  • This version contains a number of small tweaks and bug fixes to keep Signal running smoothly.

New in Signal 5.25.0 Beta 1 (Nov 17, 2021)

  • This version contains a number of small tweaks and bug fixes to keep Signal running smoothly.

New in Signal 5.24.0 Beta 2 (Nov 12, 2021)

  • This update fixes a few bugs that were reported by our users.

New in Signal 5.23.0 (Nov 4, 2021)

  • This version contains a number of small tweaks and bug fixes to keep Signal running smoothly.

New in Signal 5.24.0 Beta 1 (Nov 4, 2021)

  • You can now search in archived conversations. Imagine yourself searching (quickly) through ancient tomes, looking for the next clue.
  • If you've ever scrolled up and sent a message, you might wonder where your message was! Now, whenever you send a message, it'll be scrolled into view for you to admire your hard work.
  • Reacting to a message? It should now be more reliable, retrying for up to 24 hours.

New in Signal 5.23.0 Beta 1 (Oct 29, 2021)

  • This version contains a number of small tweaks and bug fixes to keep Signal running smoothly.

New in Signal 5.22.0 (Oct 28, 2021)

  • This update fixes a few bugs that were reported by our users.

New in Signal 5.21.0 (Oct 27, 2021)

  • Get more information at a glance eyes. The left pane has got a fresh new look and style sunglasses.
  • Know the when to the what. The timestamp, if available, associated with delivered, read, sent, and other status messages are now displayed in the message's details screen.
  • Screen reader users should now find it easier to navigate through the conversation list on the left pane.

New in Signal 5.22.0 Beta 1 (Oct 23, 2021)

  • This update fixes a few bugs that were reported by our users. Thanks for your reports!

New in Signal 5.21.0 Beta 2 (Oct 18, 2021)

  • This update fixes a few bugs that were reported by our users. Thanks for your reports!

New in Signal 5.21.0 Beta 1 (Oct 15, 2021)

  • Get more information at a glance. The left pane has got a fresh new look and style.
  • Know the when to the what. The timestamp, if available, associated with delivered, read, sent, and other status messages are now displayed in the message's details screen.
  • Screen reader users should now find it easier to navigate through the conversation list on the left pane.

New in Signal 5.20.0 (Oct 15, 2021)

  • This version contains a number of small tweaks and bug fixes to keep Signal running smoothly.

New in Signal 5.20.0 Beta 1 (Oct 7, 2021)

  • This version contains a number of small tweaks and bug fixes to keep Signal running smoothly.

New in Signal 5.19.0 (Oct 7, 2021)

  • Take a breath and relax into the new animations for dialogs and popups. Ease in. Ease out. Ease in. Ease out.
  • Switching keyboard layouts is always a bit tricky, but keyboard shortcuts now track right along with you, reaching beyond the specific letter pressed to honor your intent.
  • Silence (and your preferences) is golden, so muted conversations will no longer display “group call started" notifications!
  • This feature goes out to everyone who reacts with 💅 more than 👍 : you can now customize the emojis that appear by default when you want to react to a message.

New in Signal 5.19.0 Beta 1 (Oct 1, 2021)

  • Take a breath and relax into the new animations for dialogs and popups. Ease in. Ease out. Ease in. Ease out.
  • Switching keyboard layouts is always a bit tricky, but keyboard shortcuts now track right along with you, reaching beyond the specific letter pressed to honor your intent.
  • Silence (and your preferences) is golden, so muted conversations will no longer display group call started" notifications!
  • This feature goes out to everyone who reacts with: you can now customize the emojis that appear by default when you want to react to a message.

New in Signal 5.18.0 (Oct 1, 2021)

  • You can express yourself with a new batch of emoji, whether you're :whispering or :YELLING as you search.
  • If you're in Anguilla, maybe you've felt left out. We now turn all top-level domains in place since 2010 into links - so both gov.ai and brain.ai will be clickable just like signal.org.
  • We heard you like to zoom in on images. We added oomph to your zoom, so even small images can go all the way full screen.
  • Did you know that if disappearing messages are enabled, even the 'This message was deleted' notification will go away when it expires? It's no longer a mystery - you'll see the countdown and timestamp right on the message.

New in Signal 5.18.0 Beta 2 (Sep 28, 2021)

  • This update fixes a few bugs that were reported by our users. Thanks for your reports!

New in Signal 5.18.0 Beta 1 (Sep 23, 2021)

  • You can express yourself with a new batch of emoji, whether you're :whispering or :YELLING as you search.
  • If you're in Anguilla, maybe you've felt left out. We now turn all top-level domains in place since 2010 into links - so both gov.ai and brain.ai will be clickable just like signal.org.
  • We heard you like to zoom in on images. We added oomph to your zoom, so even small images can go all the way full screen.
  • Did you know that if disappearing messages are enabled, even the 'This message was deleted' notification will go away when it expires? It's no longer a mystery - you'll see the countdown and timestamp right on the message.

New in Signal 5.17.2 (Sep 18, 2021)

  • Try out the new 'send messages' permission to restrict who can send messages in your groups. Great for organizing an event, making an announcement, or just shouting from the rooftops. All members must be on the latest version of Signal for the setting to appear.
  • You can now send messages wherever and whenever you are: on a plane, in a tunnel, or that sad moment when your internet just cut out. It will eventually get through; messages now automatically retry for up to 24 hours.

New in Signal 5.17.1 (Sep 14, 2021)

  • Try out the new 'send messages' permission to restrict who can send messages in your groups. Great for organizing an event, making an announcement, or just shouting from the rooftops. All members must be on the latest version of Signal for the setting to appear.
  • You can now send messages wherever and whenever you are: on a plane, in a tunnel, or that sad moment when your internet just cut out. It will eventually get through; messages now automatically retry for up to 24 hours.

New in Signal 5.17.0 (Sep 9, 2021)

  • Try out the new 'send messages' permission to restrict who can send messages in your groups. Great for organizing an event, making an announcement, or just shouting from the rooftops. All members must be on the latest version of Signal for the setting to appear.
  • You can now send messages wherever and whenever you are: on a plane, in a tunnel, or that sad moment when your internet just cut out. It will eventually get through; messages now automatically retry for up to 24 hours.

New in Signal 5.17.0 Beta 2 (Sep 8, 2021)

  • This update fixes a few bugs that were reported by our users. Thanks for your reports!

New in Signal 5.17.0 Beta 1 (Sep 3, 2021)

  • Try out the new 'send messages' permission to restrict who can send messages in your groups. Great for organizing an event, making an announcement, or just shouting from the rooftops. All members must be on the latest version of Signal for the setting to appear.
  • You can now send messages wherever and whenever you are: on a plane, in a tunnel, or that sad moment when your internet just cut out. It will eventually get through; messages now automatically retry for up to 24 hours.

New in Signal 5.16.0 (Sep 3, 2021)

  • An improved media lightbox means no surprises as you progress through a gallery of images or videos, and you can pretend you?re really in a dark room by zooming to hide those pesky buttons.
  • Fixed a bug where reacting to a message was tricky, because we put the picker off screen. That's now fixed, and you can to your content.
  • If you hover over the buttons while on a call, they stay visible instead of disappearing. Nothing hides from your eagle eye, not even these buttons!

New in Signal 5.16.0 Beta 1 (Aug 27, 2021)

  • An improved media lightbox means no surprises as you progress through a gallery of images or videos, and you can pretend you?re really in a dark room by zooming to hide those pesky buttons.
  • Fixed a bug where reacting to a message was tricky, because we put the picker off screen. That's now fixed, and you can ? to your ??'s content.
  • If you hover over the buttons while on a call, they stay visible instead of disappearing. Nothing hides from your eagle eye, not even these buttons!

New in Signal 5.15.0 (Aug 27, 2021)

  • No that's not a speck of dust you need to flick off your monitor, there's now a dot for unplayed incoming audio messages.
  • The calling lobby got some remodeling and renovations done and we didn't even have to refinance.
  • The new preferences window is better and faster. Go ahead and change your zoom level, toggle the theme, set a custom disappearing timer.
  • You can now choose when to download and apply new updates for Signal. The dialogs got a small makeover too. Check out the setting in the new preferences window.
  • Squashed lots of bugs and there are some performance improvements as well. Thank you all for your reports!

New in Signal 5.15.0 Beta 1 (Aug 20, 2021)

  • No that's not a speck of dust you need to flick off your monitor, there's now a dot for unplayed incoming audio messages.
  • The calling lobby got some remodeling and renovations done and we didn't even have to refinance.
  • The new preferences window is better and faster. Go ahead and change your zoom level, toggle the theme, set a custom disappearing timer.
  • You can now choose when to download and apply new updates for Signal. The dialogs got a small makeover too. Check out the setting in the new preferences window.
  • Squashed lots of bugs and there are some performance improvements as well. Thank you all for your reports!

New in Signal 5.14.0 (Aug 19, 2021)

  • Introducing "My Daily Life", a new animated sticker pack by artist Plastic Thing.
  • Sending original HEIC and HEIF photos are now appear as photo messages in chats rather than appearing as file attachments.

New in Signal 5.14.0 Beta 3 (Aug 17, 2021)

  • This update fixes a few bugs that were reported by our users.

New in Signal 5.14.0 Beta 2 (Aug 16, 2021)

  • This update fixes a few bugs that were reported by our users

New in Signal 5.14.0 Beta 1 (Aug 12, 2021)

  • Introducing ?My Daily Life?, a new animated sticker pack by artist Plastic Thing.
  • Sending original HEIC and HEIF photos are now appear as photo messages in chats rather than appearing as file attachments.

New in Signal 5.13.0 (Aug 12, 2021)

  • Give your profile and group photos a makeover. Whether you want to upload a picture worth a thousand words or just type a few letters, the new avatar creator lets you create the perfect photo, or select one from our colorful new defaults.
  • There's cause for celebration with this declaration! With this recent permutation there's no need to miss a notification and a chance at communication causing the chat unnecessary stagnation. Added a setting so you're notified when @mentioned even if your chat is muted.
  • An improved incoming call experience.
  • Squashed some bugs that were reported to us by our users. Thank you for the reports!

New in Signal 5.12.1 (Aug 9, 2021)

  • This update fixes a bug that prevented people from linking their mobile device to Signal Desktop.

New in Signal 5.11.0 (Aug 9, 2021)

  • Edit your profile from Desktop. Go ahead, change your avatar to that picture of you in the sunglasses on the skateboard. And while you're at it, update your profile's "About" to tell your friends that you're "sunglasses Vibing Hard".
  • We squashed a number of bugs that should make your Signal experience a little bit smoother. Not as cool as you on the skateboard, but we hope you'll like the improvements.