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Removing SMS support from Signal Android (soon)

For many years, the Signal app on Android has supported sending and receiving plaintext SMS and MMS messages in addition to Signal messages. SMS and MMS are standardized communication protocols that allow mobile devices to send and transmit messages, and most people picking up their phone to text or share memes don’t really think about them. To give some context, when we started supporting SMS, Si

Reference details

Source category
Research & news
Report title
Removing SMS support from Signal Android (soon)
First reported
Oct 12, 2022 00:00 UTC
Last reported
Oct 12, 2022 00:00 UTC
Catalog updated
Oct 08, 2026 03:50 UTC
Record ID
edee6e5daae5678f60999baecaf193729f1c64667c8787879438ef662ec3413c

Published indicators

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Source observations

src_1b0ea7addf33a18b0f

Source-provided label
Not reported
Evidence class
mentioned in report
Confidence
Not reported
Observed
Oct 12, 2022 00:00 UTC
Retrieved
Oct 08, 2026 03:50 UTC

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1 sources: 0 stale, 0 needing attention, 0 paused, 1 unverified.

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  • src_1b0ea7addf33a18b0fCollection status unverifiedLast successful batch: Unverified

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