Session - Private Messenger

Session Foundation

About this app

Session is a private messenger offering privacy, anonymity, and security. With end-to-end encryption, no phone numbers for sign-up, and decentralisation, Session is a messenger that truly keeps your messages private and secure.

Session uses a powerful decentralised network of servers to route your messages, making it impossible for anyone to leak or sell your data. And with Session’s private routing protocols, your messages are completely anonymous. No one ever knows who you’re talking to, what you’re saying, or even your IP address.

Privacy is the default when you use Session. Every message is encrypted, every time. We take your privacy seriously — Session gives you a safe, private place to chat with your friends, family, or anyone in the world.

• Fully anonymous account creation: No phone number or email is needed to create an Account ID
• Decentralised server network: No data breaches, no central point of failure
• No metadata logging: Session doesn't store, track, or log your messaging metadata
• IP address protection: Your IP address is protected using a specialised onion routing protocol
• Closed groups: Private, end-to-end encrypted group chats for up to 100 people
• Secure attachments: Share voice snippets, photos, and files with Session's secure encryption and privacy protections
• Free and open-source: Don’t take our word for it — check Session's code yourself

Session is free as in free speech, free as in free beer, and free of ads and trackers. Session is built and maintained by the OPTF, Australia’s first privacy tech not-for-profit organisation. Take back your online privacy today — download Session.

Want to build from source, report a bug, or just take a look at our code? Check out Session on GitHub: https://github.com/oxen-io/session-android

Ratings and reviews

FIX YOUR ISSUES! NEWEST ISSUE - I try and create a new account because of problems with the old account. I select FAST MODE. The app highlights my selection. And I SIT AND WAIT FOR 10... 20 MINUTES. WHILE THE APP DOES NOTHING. You have an app that wont let the users go past the speed selection prompt. YOUR APP IS NOW USELESS. FIX YOUR APP.

Really poor notification issues . Tested on multiple devices. After testing on multiple devices and uninstall and reinstall, the developers need to step up their game on this as it's pretty much useless to use if you are not notified . Fast mode recommendations DO NOT work. Do not tell me to try it as I have already.

Everything was great until maybe almost two weeks ago. All of of sudden, it,session,stopped working. I'd have to close and go back,but it wouldn't restart right away. Kept shutting down. Once it got going it would go ok until I two or more chats going,then it would do it some more....stop running. Got frustrating. I'd clear my data,basically just start all over. Work very briefly then would stop running again. Just a few hours ago,I uninstalled the app, the installed it again,didn't help

What’s new

This update includes a major overhaul to group chats for improved reliability and to enable new features in future. Group admins must recreate their group chats once Groups v2 is enabled on 19th March at 22:00 UTC. Old groups will become read-only on 2nd April at 22:00 UTC. Learn more: https://getsession.org/groups
Groups v2 includes:
More reliable, consistent messaging
Better syncing of group-wide settings
Ability to resend group invitations