this post was submitted on 01 Mar 2024
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The Signal messenger and protocol.

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It's live on Android, iOS and Desktop. Version 7 is live.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

As of now, the link is still on 6.47.5. Which region are you guys in that is version 7? Let me vpn over there

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You might have to borrow a Google Play Store account.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I use Molly on fdroid. I do have signal but it's the apk version so I might have to tough it out

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Does Molly work for that? Looks like they updated to 7.0 to me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I don't see the new username update in Molly yet

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

At the risk of sounding like a broken record here, can you confirm what version you have? I see 7.0 is released, but 6.47 is recommended.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Ah ok. I didn't check in settings. It is 6.47 foss

Edit: oddly enough, in fdroid it shows I'm on 7.0.1

Edit 2: ohh so I have 2 versions of molly installed hee hee.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Neither of them let you set your username though? Interesting. When the functionality arrived for me, it was announced via a popup that showed at the bottom of the app as soon as I updated. But it might not roll out to all 7.0 users at once either...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

It works for me on 7.0. I am able to make a username but I have yet to use it as my friends probably don't have 7.0 yet

[–] Alk 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I was able to set my username today on the desktop windows app but it prompted me to. I can't find where to change it on that or android.

[–] optissima 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

On android its under settings > tap on profile pic

[–] Alk 1 points 8 months ago

Guess I don't have access to the feature yet. And I have the beta version too.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Seems like they are generally not available on Android yet. Not even on the Google Play Store

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Yeah, it seems to be out for everyone on Google Play now

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

This looks like a rolling release, so some people will have it and some will not.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I set up a username a few days ago, but I had to opt into the beta on googleplay (I really wanted a username, fucking finally)