Back to Backups: A Year in Review

Last September, we introduced an optional new way to automatically keep your Signal data safely and securely backed up so that important messages and memories can be easily recovered if something unexpected happens to one of your devices. We’ve been listening to your feedback and working hard on several improvements over the past year.

We hinted at several of these “future plans” when Signal Secure Backups were first announced, and the future is now available on all platforms with the launch of iOS version 8.30 today.

Here’s an overview of everything that’s changed since the initial release.