How to Use Signal on a Laptop or PC

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Signal, one of the competitors that posed a threat to WhatsApp last year also allow users to connect on laptop and PC. You can easily sync your Signal account between your phone and PC, and chat from both ends without any issue. Here is how to use Signal on a Laptop or PC.

Having a Signal account will get you open to lots of features. Signal start getting noticed last year following the aftermath of a situation where WhatsApp made unfair changes to its terms. Many of their users feel betrayed and hence, the need to switch to a new messaging app.

However, a tweet from Elon Musk which looks like a piece of advice to install the Signal app gave it a very good boost around the world.

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Just like WhatsApp, Signal also lets you send and receive text messages and as well, make and receive voice and video calls. One of the reasons why many preferred it is its enhanced security as a result of the open-source Signal Protocol it uses.

Other features of Signal include privacy features like disappearing messages, screen security, and registration lock.

Unlike WhatsApp Web which can be accessed via a web browser or the desktop app, Signal does not have a web client. As a result of this, you can only chat on a PC using the desktop app and not a web browser.

First, you will need to download and install the Signal desktop app for your PC OS. The download is available for Windows, macOS, and Linux platforms. The installation requires at least 64-bit Windows 7 for Windows OS, macOS 10.10, or 64-bit Linux distributions supporting APT, like Ubuntu or Debian.