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Aye, you can send SMS messages through the Signal app itself. To do so, you have to go into your default apps, set the default messaging app to Signal (factory
by throwaway946513 5y ago
Aye, you can send SMS messages through the Signal app itself.
To do so, you have to go into your default apps, set the default messaging app to Signal (factory default is Messages for Pixel devices, likely whatever Samsung uses for Samsung devices). I just checked to see if there were any extra settings you have to enable in the Signal app, but it doesn't appear to be so. If a user uses both SMS or encrypted chat, you can long press the send button and decide between which it will use.
Do note, that any previous messages sent via SMS from other apps won't show up in Signal for message history. Likewise the same if/when you switch to another SMS app.
- flubflub 5y agoWhen I used this feature it made my battery life worse, just something to test if using.
- xanaxagoras 5y agoI don't believe you can do this on iOS.
- throwaway946513 5y agoAye, not on iOS, you can only use Apple's Messages as the default messenger for SMS.
- caf 5y agoThanks for the tip about the long press, I had no idea - this will be useful for some contacts that have installed Signal some time ago but forgotten about it (and haven't deregistered their number!).