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Signal Update Info

Signal Cloud Backups are now available to test!

"Backup your messages and media using Signal's secure, end-to-end encrypted storage service. Never lose a message when you get a new phone or reinstall Signal"

Learn more about Signal Backups and how you can help test the new feature: community.signalusers.org/t/pu

Testing is currently open for Android, with staging versions coming to Desktop and iOS soon.

A screenshot showing the "Signal Backups" screen in Signal. The screenshot shows text with says "This is a beta feature that we will be adding functionality to on an ongoing basis."
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Signal Update Info

Here are more screenshots of the full setup process for the upcoming Cloud Backups feature:

Two screenshots showing the new Cloud Backups feature in Signal. The first screenshot shows the "Backups BETA" setting in the main Settings screen. The second screenshot shows the Backup settings screen with an option to Set Up Signal Backups.
Two screenshots showing the new Cloud Backups feature in Signal. The first screenshot shows the intro screen for Signal backups. The second screenshot shows a screen with an explanation about Signal's backup key.
Two screenshots showing the new Cloud Backups feature in Signal. The first screenshot shows instructions to copy/save your backup key as well as the backup yet itself. The second screenshot shows options to pick your backup plan (free or paid)
Two screenshots showing the new Cloud Backups feature in Signal. The first screenshot shows a popup which says that backups are setup. The second screenshot shows that a backup is in progress.
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Signal Update Info

From the Community thread announcing Cloud Backup public testing (emoji added for emphasis):

"The new backup system fulfills so many of the things people have wanted for so long:

🔒 Hosted by Signal, so your data is safe even if you made a local backup but dropped your phone in a lake.

📲 The ability to dynamically offload media so that Signal takes up less space on your phone, while still letting you download that media on the fly if you scroll back.

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Signal Update Info

💾 An independent backup format that is readable by all clients, so that you can do things like backup on Android and restore on iOS.

🆓 A generous optional free tier that will ensure that all of the text content of your messages is backed up, as well as the most recent 45 days of media.

🌱 A fairly-priced paid tier that allows us to offer 100GB of media storage in a way that is sustainable for us as an organization."

Read more here: community.signalusers.org/t/pu

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Signal Community · Public Signal Backups TestingTL;DR You can test the new Signal Backups feature on Android on our staging servers. Grab the self-updating apk here! Hello, everyone! Many of you are aware that we’ve been working on a new end-to-end encrypted backup system for quite a while. Well, today, we’re finally ready to start testing it with external users 🙂 The new backup system fulfills so many of the things people have wanted for so long: Hosted by Signal, so your data is safe even if you made a local back...
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