Re:Signal can easily work across multiple Android devices an...
by kevincox on Saturday August 08, 2026 @07:27PM
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It seems that this is still a primary device that the replica devices connect to. So if your primary is offline, out of battery or broken your other device are still useless. Not proper multi-device support.
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Re:Signal can easily work across multiple Android devices an...
by jessa0 on Saturday August 08, 2026 @08:01PM
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This isn't completely true, while linked devices probably can't do everything, they do act as independent message endpoints. Messages fan out sender-side, are encrypted and sent separately to each device of the recipient [1].
[1] https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/blob/9b2c2ed66d8...