After WhatsApp’s user
privacy policy update, many WhatsApp users are switching to Signal PrivateMessenger App. Due to its demand, the Signal app has become the most downloaded
application on Google PlayStore and Apple AppStore.
Many of you know some
standard features of the Signal app.
In this article, you can
find the top 10 features of the Signal Private Messenger App.
Take a look at the top
10 features of the Signal Private Messenger App.
Top 10 Features of
Signal Private Messenger App:
1. Note to Self:
Note to Self is a
feature where you can send messages to yourself. You can use this feature to
save some important messages or files to share later. All messages in Note to
Self are end to end encrypted. You can also note down some important stuff from
this feature by just messaging yourself.
Here’s how you can start
Note to Self on your Signal Messenger App.
> Open SignalMessenger App.
> Tap on ‘Pen’ Icon.
> There’s a contact
entry on top of contacts named Note to Self.
> Click on Note to
Self Contact and start using it.
2. Screen Security:
The screen security
feature blocks the Signal Messenger App screen from recent apps task. When it
is enabled, a blue screen with a signal app logo covers the app’s content.
This Screen Security
feature prevents you from taking screenshots of the Signal app on your device.
To enable Screen
Security, follow these steps:
> Tap on the profile
icon.
> Select privacy and
then Screen Security.
> To enable and to
disable, tap the slider.
3. Incognito Keyboard:
Incognito Keyboard
feature can disable personalized learning of the keyboard. It doesn’t save any
of our typing words for future suggestions.
To enable Incognito
Keyboard, follow these steps.
> Open Signal app.
> Tap on the profile
icon.
> Select privacy and
then enable Incognito Keyboard.
> You can enable or
disable the Incognito Keyboard by tapping the slider.
4. Signal Pin:
Signal Pin is a code
which uses to support some essential features like non-phone number
identifiers. This Signal Pin keeps your information stored with Signal
encrypted so only you can access it.
All of your settings,
your profile, and your contacts restored when you reinstall the Signal app.
You can also use this
Signal Pin as an extra security lock. By enabling Registration Lock.
If you enable
Registration Lock, you login into your Signal App on a new device, you need to
enter your Signal Pin.
Registration Locks acts
as a Two-Factor Authentication (2FA), where you need to enter your Signal Pin
when you login into new devices.
Signal Pin:
> Open Signal App and
tap on the Profile icon.
> Tap on Privacy.
> Scroll down, you’ll
find Signal Pin.
> Here, you can
create or change the Signal Pin. You can enter any 4 digit pin or any
alphanumerical pin.
You also find Registration
Lock below Signal Pin settings. If you want to set Two Factor Authentication
(2FA), you can enable it by tapping on the slider.
5. Signal Desktop
Keyboard Shortcuts:
As you know, SignalPrivate Messenger App is also available on both Windows and Linux. The Signal
app has released some shortcuts for both Windows and Linux.
Here are the shortcuts
keys for Signal Desktop App.
In Signal PrivateMessenger App, you can not only send messages to contacts through the internet.
But also, you can send insecure SMS/MMS
messages to your mobile SIM card numbers through your SIM service
provider by the Signal app
To send insecure
SMS/MMS, you need to have a credit balance on your SIM to send SMS/MMS.
How to Send Insecure
SMS/MMS by Signal APP:
> Select open chat
window of contact to whom you want to send SMS/MMS.
> After that, type
your message and then tap and hold on send icon to choose which SIM Card you
need to use for the SMS/MMS Message.
7. Sealed Sender:
Sealed Sender feature of
Signal app is a feature where the sender identity is end to end encrypted.
To receive message from
non-contacts and people with whom you have not share your profile, you need to
enable ‘Allow from Anyone’ to receive incoming messages. This feature of Signal
app doesn’t store a record of our contacts, conversation list, location, social
graph, user profile name, user profile avatar and group members.
8. Always Relay Calls:
By using this feature of
Signal app you can relay all calls through the signal server to avoid revealing
your IP address to your contact.
But, if you enable
Always Relay Calls setting the call quality will be reduced.
How to Enable Always
Relay Calls:
> Open Signal App and
tap on the Profile icon.
> Tap on Privacy.
> Scroll down, you’ll
find Always Relay Calls.
> Enable Relay Calls
option by tapping on the slider.
9. Disappearing
Messages:
Disappearing Messages
feature deletes messages after the timer has elapsed. Once you turned on
Disappearing Messages option, each and every message will be set on a timer
countdown. After the end of countdown the messages disappears.
You can set Disappearing
Messages countdown from 5 seconds to 1 week.
Disappearing messages can
be managed by anyone in the chat. If it is enabled, you can see a timer
countdown icon at the bottom of the message bubble.
How Countdown Timer Works:
If you sent a disappearing
message, the countdown timer starts after you’ve sent it. And for the received
disappearing message the time starts after you’ve read it.
When the timer ends, the message is deleted from both sender and receiver.
How to Set Disappearing
Messages:
> Open Signal App and
open on any chat.
> On the top right
side, click on the 3 dot button.
> Now click on
Disappearing Messages and set a countdown timer.
10. Storage Management:
In the Signal PrivateMessenger App, you can manage your storage and messages.
With this feature of The signal app, you can select Conversation length and the automatic deletion of
messages.
In Storage Management,
there’s an option to Keep messages. Here in this option, you can set a duration to keep
messages from 30 days to 1 year. If you keep it forever messages will be not
deleted.
You can also set conversation
length limit.
Storage Management
Settings:
> Open Signal App and
tap on the Profile icon.
> Tap on Data and
Storage.
> Click on Manage
Storage.
Here, you can see Keep
messages and Conversation length limit settings.
