▶ How to add a contact to Signal

Signal has started the year positioning itself as one of the best alternatives to WhatsApp, but it is always good to remember how to add a contact to Signal Typically, most of your contacts are still using WhatsApp or, failing that, Telegram, so with this guide we will indicate the steps to follow to add them to this platform.

How to search for contacts on Signal

After downloading the application and entering our phone number and verifying it, we have to discover how to search for contacts in SignalTo find the people in our agenda who also have it, you have to press the blue icon with the pencil (highlighted in green in the image) and you will see the list of people you can already contact.

It is very likely that a large part of your contacts still do not have the application. To solve it, you have the possibility of sending invitations, accessing the menu with the three dots you find at the top right and clicking 'Invite people'. Once there, you will find the link and the 'Share' button, with which you can send it to the people you want through the rest of your mobile applications. (WhatsApp, Instagram, Gmail, etc.).

If your desire for privacy has led you to have already uninstalled the most popular applications on your mobile, you can also send those invitations by SMS, a classic that never fails. When they receive the invitation, your contacts will only have to click on the link to start the download of your application.

If you're looking to move a WhatsApp group entirely to Signal, the process is pretty similar. As soon as you enter the app, at the bottom you will see the 'New group' button. Click to create it and then you will see the possibility of generating a link to share with the contacts you want to join the group. Basically it is the same as the normal process of sending invitations, but with the extra that your contacts will already appear directly in the group you created.

How to know if someone is connected to Signal

As already explained in this article, today it is impossible how to know if someone is connected to Signal Precisely one of the Signal's attractions regarding WhatsApp is its greatest care and respect for user privacy, so this feature is not available at the moment.From now on no one will be able to monitor the last time you connected or if you checked your mobile in the middle of the night.

Also forget about gossiping when your contacts last logged on. Unlike WhatsApp, where you have it activated by default - although you can deactivate it in its settings-, in Signal no one will know when you last looked at your mobile

Yes, you can know the status of the messages you send. In the image below, the different icons that will show you if it has reached your contact or if it has been read are compiled. If you want to prevent your contact from knowing if they have read your message, you can deactivate this option in the menu on the top right –> Privacy –> Read notifications.

You already know what the process to follow is to have a large part of your contacts in the fashionable private messaging application. Now is a good time to check out these tips to get the most out of Signal.

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