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| name = Signal timeline
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| label1=May 2010
| data1= [[Moxie Marlinspike]] and Stuart Anderson ([[Whisper Systems]]) launch [[TextSecure]] and [[RedPhone]] on Android.<ref name="whispersystems-2010-05-25-tl">{{cite web |url=http://www.whispersys.com/updates.html |title=Announcing the public beta |date=25 May 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100530011131/http://www.whispersys.com/updates.html |archive-date= 30 May 2010 |publisher=Whisper Systems |access-date=22 January 2015}}</ref>
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| label2= Nov 2011
| data2= Whisper Systems is acquired by [[Twitter]],<ref name="Cheredar-2011-11-28-tl">{{cite news|date=28 November 2011 |first=Tom |last=Cheredar |url= https://venturebeat.com/2011/11/28/twitter-buys-whisper-systems/ |title=Twitter acquires Android security startup Whisper Systems |work=VentureBeat |access-date=2011-12-21}}</ref> "primarily so that Mr. Marlinspike could help the then-startup improve its security."<ref name="Yadron-2015-tl">{{cite news|last1=Yadron|first1=Danny|title=Moxie Marlinspike: The Coder Who Encrypted Your Texts|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/moxie-marlinspike-the-coder-who-encrypted-your-texts-1436486274|access-date=10 July 2015|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=9 July 2015}}</ref>
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| label3= Dec 2011 – Jul 2012
| data3= TextSecure and RedPhone are released as free and open-source software under the [[GPLv3]] license.<ref name="whispersystems-2011-12-20-tl">{{cite web |url=http://www.whispersys.com/updates.html |title= TextSecure is now Open Source! |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120106024504/http://www.whispersys.com/updates.html |archive-date= 6 January 2012 |date= 20 December 2011 |publisher=Whisper Systems |access-date=22 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="whispersystems-2012-07-18-tl">{{cite web |url=http://www.whispersys.com/updates.html |title= RedPhone is now Open Source! |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120731143138/http://www.whispersys.com/updates.html |archive-date= 31 July 2012 |date= 18 July 2012 |publisher=Whisper Systems |access-date=22 January 2015}}</ref>
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| label4= Jan 2013
| data4= Moxie Marlinspike leaves Twitter and founds [[Open Whisper Systems]] (OWS) as a collaborative open source project for the continued development of TextSecure and RedPhone.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Yadron|first1=Danny|title=What Moxie Marlinspike Did at Twitter|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/07/10/what-moxie-marlinspike-did-at-twitter/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318173725/https://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/07/10/what-moxie-marlinspike-did-at-twitter/|archive-date=18 March 2016|access-date=27 September 2016|work=Digits|publisher=The Wall Street Journal|date=10 July 2015}}</ref><ref name="welcome-tl">{{cite news |url=https://whispersystems.org/blog/welcome/ |title= A New Home |publisher=Open Whisper Systems |date=2013-01-21 |access-date=2014-03-01}}</ref>
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| label5= Feb 2014
| data5= OWS adds end-to-end encrypted group chat and instant messaging capabilities to TextSecure.<ref name="Donohue-2014-tl">{{cite web|date=24 February 2014 |first=Brian |last=Donohue |url=https://threatpost.com/textsecure-sheds-sms-in-latest-version/104456 |title=TextSecure Sheds SMS in Latest Version |website=Threatpost |access-date=14 July 2016}}</ref>
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| label6= Jul 2014
| data6= OWS releases Signal as a RedPhone counterpart for iOS.<ref name="Greenberg-2014-07-29-tl">{{cite journal| url=https://www.wired.com/2014/07/free-encrypted-calling-finally-comes-to-the-iphone/ |title=Your iPhone Can Finally Make Free, Encrypted Calls |journal=Wired |first=Andy |last=Greenberg |date= 29 July 2014 |access-date= 18 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="Evans-2014-07-29-tl">{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2014/07/29/talk-private-to-me-free-worldwide-encrypted-voice-calls-with-signal/|title=Talk Private To Me: Free, Worldwide, Encrypted Voice Calls With Signal For iPhone|publisher=AOL|work=TechCrunch|first=Jon |last=Evans|date=29 July 2014}}</ref>
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| label7= Mar 2015
| data7= OWS discontinues support for encrypted SMS/MMS messaging in TextSecure, while retaining its encrypted IM capabilities.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://signal.org/blog/goodbye-encrypted-sms/ |title=Saying goodbye to encrypted SMS/MMS |author=Open Whisper Systems |date=6 March 2015 |access-date=24 March 2016}}</ref> At the same time, OWS adds encrypted IM to Signal on iOS.<ref name="Geuss-2015-03-03-tl">{{cite web |url=https://arstechnica.com/security/2015/03/now-you-can-easily-send-free-encrypted-messages-between-android-ios/ |title=Now you can easily send (free!) encrypted messages between Android, iOS |website=Ars Technica |first=Megan |last=Geuss |date= 2015-03-03 |access-date=2015-03-03}}</ref>
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| label8= Nov 2015
| data8= RedPhone is merged into TextSecure on Android and the app is renamed as Signal.<ref name="Greenberg-2015-11-2-tl">{{cite journal|last1=Greenberg|first1=Andy|title=Signal, the Snowden-Approved Crypto App, Comes to Android|url=https://www.wired.com/2015/11/signals-snowden-approved-phone-crypto-app-comes-to-android/|journal=Wired|publisher=Condé Nast|access-date=19 March 2016|date=2 November 2015}}</ref>
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| label9= Dec 2015
| data9= Signal Desktop is launched as a [[Google Chrome App|Chrome App]].<ref name="Motherboard-2015-12-02-tl">{{cite web|last1=Franceschi-Bicchierai|first1=Lorenzo|title=Snowden's Favorite Chat App Is Coming to Your Computer|url=http://motherboard.vice.com/read/signal-snowdens-favorite-chat-app-is-coming-to-your-computer|website=Motherboard|publisher=Vice Media LLC|access-date=4 December 2015|date=2 December 2015}}</ref>
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| label10= Oct 2017
| data10= OWS announces the deprecation of their Chrome App and the release of a new [[Electron (software framework)|Electron]]-based Signal Desktop.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Coldewey|first1=Devin|title=Signal escapes the confines of the browser with a standalone desktop app|url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/31/signal-escapes-the-confines-of-the-browser-with-a-standalone-desktop-app/|website=TechCrunch|publisher=[[Oath Tech Network]]|access-date=31 October 2017|date=31 October 2017}}</ref>
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| label11= Mar 2017
| data11= OWS transitions Signal's calling system from RedPhone to [[WebRTC]] and adds the ability to make video calls with the mobile apps.<ref name="signal-video-calls-beta-tl">{{cite web|last1=Marlinspike|first1=Moxie|title=Video calls for Signal now in public beta|url=https://whispersystems.org/blog/signal-video-calls-beta/|publisher=Open Whisper Systems|access-date=15 February 2017|date=14 February 2017}}</ref><ref name="Mott-2017-03-14-tl">{{cite web|last1=Mott|first1=Nathaniel|title=Signal's Encrypted Video Calling For iOS, Android Leaves Beta|url=http://www.tomshardware.com/news/signal-encrypted-video-calling-ios-android,33898.html|website=Tom's Hardware|publisher=Purch Group, Inc.|date=14 March 2017|access-date=14 March 2017}}</ref>
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| label12= Feb 2018
| data12= Moxie Marlinspike and [[Brian Acton]] launch the [[Signal Foundation]] with an initial $50 million in funding from Acton, who had left WhatsApp's parent company Facebook in September 2017.<ref name="signal-foundation-tl">{{cite web|last1=Marlinspike|first1=Moxie|last2=Acton|first2=Brian|title=Signal Foundation|url=https://signal.org/blog/signal-foundation/|website=Signal.org|access-date=21 February 2018|date=21 February 2018}}</ref><ref name="Greenberg-2018-02-21-tl">{{cite journal|last1=Greenberg|first1=Andy|title=WhatsApp Co-Founder Puts $50M Into Signal To Supercharge Encrypted Messaging|url=https://www.wired.com/story/signal-foundation-whatsapp-brian-acton/|journal=Wired|publisher=Condé Nast|access-date=21 February 2018|date=21 February 2018}}</ref>
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| label13= Nov 2019 – Feb 2020
| data13= Signal adds support for iPads,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lund |first1=Joshua |title=Signal for iPad, and other iOS improvements |url=https://signal.org/blog/signal-for-ipad/ |website=Signal.org |publisher=Signal Messenger |access-date=1 December 2019 |date=27 November 2019}}</ref> view-once images and videos, stickers, and reactions.<ref name="Greenberg-2020-tl">{{cite news |last1=Greenberg |first1=Andy |title=Signal Is Finally Bringing Its Secure Messaging to the Masses |url=https://www.wired.com/story/signal-encrypted-messaging-features-mainstream/ |access-date=15 February 2020 |work=Wired |publisher=Condé Nast |date=14 February 2020}}</ref>
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| label14= Aug 2020 – Sep 2020
| data14= Signal adds message requests<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lund |first1=Joshua |title=Accept the unexpected: Message requests are now available in Signal |url=https://signal.org/blog/message-requests/ |website=signal.org |publisher=Signal Messenger |access-date=3 September 2020 |date=12 August 2020}}</ref> and one-to-one voice and video calling to Signal Desktop.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lund |first1=Joshua |title=A new platform is calling: Help us test one-to-one voice and video conversations on Signal Desktop |url=https://signal.org/blog/desktop-calling-beta/ |website=signal.org |publisher=Signal Messenger |access-date=3 September 2020 |date=13 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Perez |first1=Josh |title=Release v1.35.1 |url=https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/releases/tag/v1.35.1 |website=github.com |publisher=Signal |access-date=3 September 2020 |date=2 September 2020}}</ref>
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| label15= Oct 2020 – Dec 2020
| data15= Signal starts transitioning to a new encrypted group chat system with support for @mentions, group admins, and more granular permissions.<ref name="Porter-2020-12-15-tl"/> It also adds support for encrypted group calling.<ref name="Porter-2020-12-15-tl">{{cite web |last1=Porter |first1=Jon |title=Signal adds support for encrypted group video calls |url=https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/15/22175923/signal-video-calls-new-groups-five-people-max |website=The Verge |publisher=Vox Media |access-date=18 December 2020 |date=15 December 2020}}</ref>
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