Conversations (Jabber / XMPP)

Daniel Gultsch

About this app

A free and open source Jabber/XMPP client for Android. Easy to use, reliable, battery friendly. With built-in support for images, group chats and location sharing. End-to-end encrypted by default. Connects to all modern Jabber, XMPP and Snikket servers.

Features
• End-to-end encryption with OMEMO or OpenPGP
• Send and receive images and other kinds of files
• Encrypted audio and video calls (DTLS-SRTP)
• Advanced machine-in-the-middle detection via channel binding (requires opt-in)
• Share your location
• Send voice messages
• Emoji reactions
• Indication when your contact has read your message
• Intuitive UI that follows Android design guidelines (Material Design 3 with Dynamic Colors)
• High-resolution contact photos (avatars)
• Synchronizes with desktop clients (Gajim and Dino)
• Private group chats and public conferences (with support for bookmarks)
• Message moderation for admins in public conferences
• Address book integration
• Multiple accounts (unified inbox)
• Very low impact on battery life

Note: Some of these features require server support. Go to account details and select 'Server Info' from the overflow menu to see if your server has all necessary extensions.

Design principles
• Be as beautiful and easy to use as possible without sacrificing security or privacy
• Rely on existing, well-established protocols
• Do not require a Google account or specifically Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM)
• Require as few permissions as possible

Ratings and reviews

Great at private messages and otherwise very good at most things, but it seems there are some major inconsistencies. On mobile, sometimes media sharing just stops functioning for no apparent reason. No matter what I do, restarting phone, clearing cache, sending fewer media, or clearing space on my phone. It just doesn't function. However, it also just randomly fixes itself. It isn't server sided because my partner can send images to me. On computer. Encryption just barely works. Usually not.

For me the only XMPP client. Its perfect! The only Jabber IM with working OpenPGP support. I love open standards and freedom of choice. I can choose my service provider and communicate with people who chose a different provider. With Jabber, I feel like a person and not like a commodity.

Excellent app for connecting to a xmpp server. Setup and configuration worked perfectly. Group calling would be a nice feature I am missing, but for all other purposes of communication I am trmendeously satisfied. Conversations does not spam-the server with connect/disconnect logs and has a tremendeously stable connection. Thank you for keeping the app maintained.

What’s new

• Fix calls getting stuck at connecting when 'Use Relays' is enabled but server doesn't have any
• Bandwidth optimizations