Your PC should have Windows 64-bit: 7, 8, 8.1, and 10. Also, create an account on Signal if you haven’t created one.Ģ. Install Signal on your Android or iOS device. How to Install Signal App on your Desktopīefore you start executing the steps to install Signal Application on your Desktop, make sure that you meet some prerequisites. Thus, all you need to do is check that your friend’s contact has the same safety number.Īpart from these, there are several other useful features provided by Signal on its Desktop version. Each Signal contact has a unique safety number. To ensure that you are messaging the right person, you can verify your friend’s contact and he/she can verify yours. However, this doesn’t mean that you cannot send messages to other users. Thus, the message once sent by Signal is decrypted only by the receiver’s account. Data Encryption (End-to-End Encryption)Īs we mentioned above, the messages sent by Signal to other Signal users its end-to-end encrypted. You can also set an audio notification of your choice. The customization includes display notification to include sender name and message, only sender name, neither name nor message, or disable the notification. Just like smartphones, you can customize the notifications of Signal on your Desktop. You can set the timer depending on your requirement. These timer options are between 5 seconds and 1 week. Various options are available for this timer.
You can also set a timer to self-destruct any message sent from the Signal desktop application to any other contact. Since your Signal account is linked to your phone number, there is no chance of phishing.
To use Signal on your desktop, you need to install and activate Signal on your smartphone. You can make us of the ‘ +‘ icon to attach media to any chat. You can share text messages, images, videos, voice messages in under 5 minutes, and all other types of files on Signal. Features of Signal application for Desktop include: 1.
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