The signal app has become the hot favorite secure messaging application for folks around the world. Do you know that you can link multiple devices to your Signal account? Normally, you install the app on your smartphone and use the registered number for making communications. Later, let’s say you want to link devices such as your iPad or laptop on Signal. Then you can even send and receive the messages on these devices from your contacts.
The idea is simple. You may not be holding your phone 24*7. If you are working on your iPad or computer then you can easily receive messages on Signal directly on any of these devices. That doesn’t mean that at one time you can access your signal account from multiple devices. You can do that either from your main smartphone on which you registered for Signal. Otherwise, if you have linked your iPad or laptop, then you can view and send messages on them as well.
How to Link Devices on Signal
First, let’s see how to link any auxiliary device on the Signal messaging app. You have to do this using a QR code. If you ever used WhatsApp or Android Messages app on PC, you will understand the process is entirely the same for Signal as well.
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- Open Signal
- On the top-left corner of your profile, tap on your profile picture
- Then select Linked Devices
- If earlier you haven’t linked any devices, then you won’t see anything
- Tap on the + sign to link devices [this step will initiate the QR code scan process]
- Next, you have to open the browser on your PC/laptop/iPad whatever you are using
- Go to signal.org/download/windows [because I want to link my Windows laptop]
- Click on Download for Windows
- Let that dot exe file for Signal setup download. It would be around 120 MB.
- Once done, automatically a QR code will show up on your laptop screen
- Back to your smartphone, tap on the aforementioned + sign
- You will see the camera will open up with a message saying scan the QR code displayed on the device to link
- The scanning will barely take a second or so
- A confirmation pop-up will notify you that your PC signal will be able to read all the messages you receive on your smartphone
- To comply and proceed tap on the option Link device
- Then confirm the name of your linked device and click Finish linking phone [this step on your PC]
Now, you can easily use Signal messaging services right from your PC.
