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The comparison will be outdated soon. With recent surge of Signal, expect some features which are most commonly asked.

Signal team did an AMA in last few days [1]

[Few of the Q/A]

Q: Is there any plans to make user ID system, so that we can add friends without knowing the phone numbers?

Ans: Yeah, we're working on it!

Q: Hi, is it possible to backup chat history?

Ans: Thanks, we know this is a big deal and think about it a lot. We're working on ways to do it that would be privacy preserving...

Q: These things would really make the experience for my family and I complete

Support for backups and transfer on Android. Not manual, but automatic like iOS

Support for ChromeOS via Android Tablet support

Support for simple markdown like bold, strike through etc.

Ans: Great list, we're working on all of these!

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/kt91qk/signal_p...

parent sudeepj 5 years ago

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