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Note: Android only. Edit: In the sense that it only works with the Android version of the app.

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Android only on the sense that the ability to provisions two device keys with one account is Android only.

OWS is hiring iOS devs to implement more pieces of this.

Yeah, I was disappointed to discover this a while back when I tried to provision an iPad to use the same account as the iPhone.

The failure mode is horrible too, in that messages will just go into the ether. I apparently missed a whole bunch of messages until I deleted Signal off the iPad and reinstalled on the iPhone.

I found myself thinking "WFT - this is Chrome, not desktop and with an Android dependency at that !" and then realizing that it may be time to question my assumptions about "desktop" meaning Linux/Windows/Macintosh

In this case "Chrome-only" means Windows, Mac, and Linux support.

No, it means "Support for people on Windows, Mac and x64 Linux who installed spyware".

Also note that the multi device support only supports multiple desktop clients and not multi-mobile. If you have multiple phones or a tablet you're out of luck.

It runs on your desktop/laptop but to link up with your Signal identity on your phone, your phone has to be Android ("for now").

Which is funny considering they are using a MacBook (with Photoshopped screen) as a promotional image.

I believe you link to your phone, and that part is Android only.

But why does the app appear with the wrong window decorations? It looks like the app is using the window decorations and title font from Xubuntu.

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