Using the lessons we’ve learned over the past four years, we’ve developed an open protocol for asynchronous chat that enables private communication instantly with friends, private groups for realtime collaboration, and the ability to quickly and seamlessly share media privately – all without depending on SMS.
Been a fan of whisper systems. Now it'll be easier to get friends on board since there are no key exchanges. Guess they learned a lot from the integration with CyanogenMod.
Thanks for this, I used their stuff last year but getting anyone apart from my girlfriend to setup the key stuff was just never happening. What they need is a web/windows/osx version too. One thing I love about hangouts is that it is ubiquitous. Text secure needs to be that too. The new UI is gorgeous too, the dark theme is great plus the icon on my home screen doesn't look crap any more either! Good job guys.