Signal rolls out customized wallpapers and other features
In order to get the new feature, Signal users will have to update to Signal 5.3 for Android and iOS.
Ankita Chakravarti | January 29, 2021 | Updated 10:02 IST
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The open-source messaging app has now rolled out customized wallpapers.
The new feature would let users set different wallpapers for different chats.
Signal is borrowing a lot of features from its rival WhatsApp. The open-source messaging app has now rolled out customized wallpapers. The new feature would let users set different wallpapers for different chats. In order to get the new feature, Signal users will have to update to Signal 5.3 for Android and iOS.
Earlier this month, WhatsApp issued a new privacy policy along with an ultimatum: accept these new terms, or delete WhatsApp from your smartphone. But the new privacy policy wasn’t particularly clear, and it was widely misinterpreted to mean WhatsApp would be sharing more sensitive personal data with its parent company Facebook. Unsurprisingly, it prompted a fierce backlash, with many users threatening to stop using the service. WhatsApp soon.
Facebook Inc.’s WhatsApp has been alerting its 2 billion users to an update of its privacy policy and if they want to keep using the popular messaging app, they have to accept it. The new terms, delivered in early 2021, have caused an outcry among technology experts, privacy advocates, billionaire entrepreneurs and government organizations and triggered a wave of defections to rival services. WhatsApp says the changes are necessary to help it integrate better with other Facebook products, but