Signal users can choose to keep their phone number private from others with this feature update

Popular encrypted messaging app Signal is currently testing a new feature that allows users to communicate with others using usernames instead of phone numbers. The messaging app is letting people try out this new version of the app before it officially launches. They’ve already tested it within their team, and now they want the community’s help to test it even more.

“If you’ve been following along with the commit messages across our repositories, it’s no secret that we’ve been working on bringing Usernames to Signal for a while now.