Need something achievable for an extremely tech illiterate person on iOS. I got told about this after they are already gone and have no access to the device, but am asked to solve the problem.

EDIT: (SOLVED) Signal was super easy, works awesome, and was easy even for my mom to figure out on her own. Thanks

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    1 year ago

    It’s a pain that they are so secret about the webpage, but here it is, if you want to install the Signal apk for non-google-play devices:

    https://signal.org/android/apk/

    Note: this is a different version than the one on google play because it defaults to websocket. The one on Google play will not work without google play (what technically will not work is the notifications I believe, but I’m not sure anymore, it’s been a while since I was in that situation). Besides that, I believe the versions are identical. Also, this version will send you a notification for updates which are done by the app itself.

    It has worked flawlessly for years for me.

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      1 year ago

      Same notifications arent an issue with the app running in the background.