Signal plays catch-up, starts testing 'announcement groups'

Signal plays catch-up, starts testing 'declaration groups'

Announcement groups restrict the ability to send messages in a group to admin members

Signal app on iOS

Signal will presently get a 'circulate grouping' feature, which lets users create a group conversation expressly for announcements and similar updates.

Broadcast or announcement groups have been available for a while in competing message services like Telegram and WhatsApp, so it'southward prissy to see Signal playing take hold of-up here. These groups piece of work past blocking members from sending messages unless they're an admin.

How apps become nigh broadcast/annunciation groups differs quite a bit. In Telegram, these groups block non-admins from talking, but likewise allow members to join live vocalization chats. WhatsApp doesn't accept an explicit 'broadcast group' feature but does let users disable the power for not-admin grouping chat members to send letters, which achieves the same goal.

Android Policereports that Signal beta version 5.22 adds what it calls 'announcement groups,' which works very similar to WhatsApp's implementation. Users can create a regular group chat, and then go into 'Permissions' to turn off letters from non-admin users.

Since the feature is in beta, it may be a piffling bit before you can actually try information technology, unless you're enrolled in the beta program. On that note,Android Policereports that the Indicate 5.22 beta isn't available on the Play Shop yet, and then even beta users may have to wait a bit to effort out announcement groups. Still, it shouldn't be too long before the feature arrives for users.

Source: Signal Via: Android Police