# Signal is removing SMS support from its Android app

DevFeed: [Signal is removing SMS support from its Android app](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/removing-sms-support-from-signal-android-soon-1845.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://signal.org/blog/sms-removal-android/>)

Published: 2022-10-12T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Signal Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/signal-blog.md>)

Topics: [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>), [Messaging](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/messaging.md>), [Encryption](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/encryption.md>), [Mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mobile.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [communication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/communication.md>), [devices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/devices.md>), [encryption](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/encryption.md>), [messaging](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/messaging.md>), [mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mobile.md>), [privacy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/privacy.md>), [signal](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/signal.md>)

## AI overview

Signal is phasing out SMS and MMS support in its Android app because messages sent through the Signal interface were not protected by Signal's privacy guarantees. Users who use Signal as their default SMS app will need to choose another default app and export their messages.

## Source excerpt

For many years, the Signal app on Android has supported sending and receiving plaintext SMS and MMS messages in addition to Signal messages. SMS and MMS are standardized communication protocols that allow mobile devices to send and transmit messages, and most people picking up their phone to text or share memes don't really think about them. To give some context, when we started supporting SMS, Signal didn't exist yet. Our Android app was called TextSecure and the Signal encryption protocol was called Axolotl. Almost a decade has passed since then, and a lot has changed. Read more...