Open Whisper Systems back in December unveiled a new private messaging
app for users named Signal for desktops. The app was initially available to limited
users in beta. Now, the company has announced that the Signal Desktop
beta is now public available.
Signal is a
Chrome app which can be linked to the smartphone. This means that all incoming
and outgoing messages will be displayed consistently on all connected
devices. According to the company, Signal's conversations are end-to-end
encrypted, and include private group, text, picture, and video
messages. In a blog post, Open Whisper Systems said it has received a
lot of feedback from users and have made improvements in the private
messaging app. "We've refined the UI throughout the beta program to
improve the look and feel of the app," said the company. Much like other
desktop-based messaging apps, Signal Desktop contains no
advertisements, and it is free to use.
There is a Signal Private
Messenger app also available to download on Google Play and iTunes.
The app listing says that it allows users to communicate instantly while
avoiding SMS fees. Some added features of the app are it allows
creating groups, and also sharing media or attachments with privacy.
"The server never has access to any of your communication and never
stores any of your data," adds the app listing on Google Play.
The company at launch in December had announced that the initial Signal Desktop beta was linked and supported Android devices.
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