Over the last couple years, Signal has brought mainstream chat features to its app, and now it's adding stories to the mix As of this week, stories are available to the people who are testing it. You can create and share images, videos, and texts with your friends on Signal that will disappear after a day.
Privacy must-have is still present with stories even though the feature isn't end-to-end. Greyson Parrelli explained in a forum post who can see your stories.
You are always fully in control of who you share your stories with. You can share your stories with all of your Signal connections (Signal connections = your contacts + anyone you’ve had a 1:1 chat with), or with a custom list of friends, or with any of your Signal groups. When you share stories to groups, anyone else in that group can view, share, react, and reply to that group story.
If you want nothing to do with the whole story, you can turn off the entire feature. It means you won't be publishing your own stories, but it also means you won't be able to watch other people's stories.
Only Signal users can create and view stories. Some people are complaining about wasted space and how much room the stories area takes up, but the response is mostly positive. I expect the feature to be deployed to the main stable app after it is refined and improved.
The first President of Signal was named last month. Whittaker is aiming to secure the app's long-term viability while also guiding its overall strategy. She told The Washington Post that the growth goals are driven by the mission of the organization.
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