Signal Android Releases

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July 27, 2026

• Scheduled messages sent in Note to self now trigger notifications, making them useful for reminders. Read more

July 15, 2026

• Linked Android tablets: Signal can now be used on an Android tablet as a standalone device or linked to an existing Signal account. Read more
• Linked Android phones: you can now link Signal on an Android phone to another device, such as a primary Android phone or an iPhone. Read more
• Improved video quality and increased maximum length of sent videos

July 8, 2026

• End groups for everyone: admins can now end a group for everyone. After ending a group, members will no longer be able to send messages or start calls in the group. Read more
• A new member search option in group details lets you quickly find specific participants within a group. In the search results view, you'll have the option to add new members or invite people using the optional group link

July 1, 2026

• Polls can now be created in individual chats too
• Disappearing call events: call events now respect the disappearing timer of a chat and disappear too. For missed calls, the timer starts when the call is read. For 1:1 calls, the timer starts when the call is answered or declined and for group calls, the timer will start when the call is over. Read more
  
• Suggestion to lower raised hand: after raising your hand in a group call, Signal shows a prompt to lower your hand when you start talking. Read more

June 24, 2026

• Admin message deletion: group admins can now delete recent messages from other group members for everyone. Read more
• Group suggestions: when you create a new group and select the exact same members, your existing groups with those members will be suggested. Read more
• More pinned chats: the maximum number of pinned chats has been increased from 4 to 10. Read more

June 17, 2026

• Text selection for long messages: select text in expanded "Read more" messages and use Android's default actions such as copy, translate, select all, and share

June 10, 2026

• Remote mute: all participants can now mute others in group calls
• Reliability & safety: fixes for connection drops in the background, conversation scroll/unread marker glitches, hardening to keep malformed messages and attachments from causing crashes, and improved calling technology

June 3, 2026

May 27, 2026

• Performance improvements related to sending messages
• Improved handling of devices without Play Services (de-Googled phones). New setting for users experiencing notification issues: Settings → Data and storage → Stay connected in background. Read more

May 21, 2026

May 14, 2026

• Screen sharing: share your screen during 1:1 and group video calls (In a call → … → Share screen). Read more
• Additional confirmations and educational messaging in the app to help protect Signal users from phishing and social engineering attacks. Read more

May 6, 2026

April 23, 2026

• Remote mute: Admins can mute other participants from a group call (Update: No longer admin-only in version 8.15)
• Updated design for Release note chat: New chat color and background to help you recognize the only official chat

April 16, 2026

• Updated conversation header
• Updated message request UI: new warnings when you receive a new message from someone you don't know. Useful for help identify phishing attacks on Signal
• Added share and forward options to all media context menus
• Now saved attachments will preserve the original message timestamp instead of using the timestamp at the saved time

April 8, 2026

• Plaintext history export: export all your chat history in JSON format. Go to Settings → Chats → Export chat History
• Context menu in all media screen: a handy context menu in all media screen to easily share, forward, save, delete any file. Go to Chat settings → All media → Long press any item
• Now the unanswered outgoing calls are shown as unanswered instead of outgoing in call log and inside the chat

March 31, 2026

• New local backups: Save an encrypted on-device backup of all your conversations and media (cross-platform format). Read more
• Collapsed events: in-chat notifications (calls, group updates, members leaving/ joining) now be grouped together. Read more

March 25, 2026

• Links tab in all media view: now the all media overview shows also the links sent and received in the chat
• Unicode 17 emoji: new emoji from Unicode 17.0 available in Signal

March 18, 2026

March 11, 2026

• Member label: describe yourself with a member label in groups. Group admins can also choose who is allowed to set a member label. Read more
• Backup megaphone: new megaphone at the bottom of the main screen to encourage users to enable the new backup

March 5, 2026

February 26, 2026

• Now you can use the volume buttons to capture photos and video using the Signal built-in camera

February 18, 2026

• Signal Secure Backups are now available to everyone. You can use them to back up all your chats and 45 days of media for free; or all chats and media for a monthly fee. Read more