Conversations (Jabber / XMPP)

4.1
2.33K reviews
100K+
Downloads
Content rating
Everyone
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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 e2e encryption.

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 Google Cloud Messaging (GCM)
• Require as little permissions as possible

Features
• End-to-end encryption with either OMEMO or OpenPGP
• Encrypted audio and video calls (DLTS-SRTP)
• Sending and receiving images
• Intuitive UI that follows Android Design guidelines
• Pictures / Avatars for your Contacts
• Syncs with desktop client
• Conferences (with support for bookmarks)
• Address book integration
• Multiple Accounts / unified inbox
• Very low impact on battery life

XMPP Features
Conversations works with every XMPP server out there. However XMPP is an extensible protocol. These extensions are standardized as well in so called XEP’s. Conversations supports a couple of those to make the overall user experience better. There is a chance that your current XMPP server does not support these extensions. Therefore to get the most out of Conversations you should consider either switching to an
XMPP server that does or - even better - run your own XMPP server for you and your friends.
These XEPs are - as of now:

• XEP-0065: SOCKS5 Bytestreams (or mod_proxy65). Will be used to transfer files if both parties are behind a firewall (NAT).
• XEP-0163: Personal Eventing Protocol for avatars
• XEP-0191: Blocking command lets you blacklist spammers or block contacts without removing them from your roster.
• XEP-0198: Stream Management allows XMPP to survive small network outages and changes of the underlying TCP connection.
• XEP-0280: Message Carbons which automatically syncs the messages you send to your desktop client and thus allows you to switch seamlessly from your mobile client to your desktop client and back within one conversation.
• XEP-0237: Roster Versioning mainly to save bandwidth on poor mobile connections
• XEP-0313: Message Archive Management synchronize message history with the server. Catch up with messages that were sent while Conversations was offline.
• XEP-0352: Client State Indication lets the server know whether or not Conversations is in the background. Allows the server to save bandwidth by withholding unimportant packages.
• XEP-0363: HTTP File Upload allows you to share files in conferences and with offline contacts. Requires an additional component on your server.
Updated on
Mar 12, 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
Device or other IDs
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.2
2.2K reviews
Broken Heart
March 7, 2024
Few suggestions for the developer 1. Slide to reply option must be there to reply particular line easily. 2. Freequent messages append in one paragraph. Every line of the message should be in seperate line so that a user can opt which message he wants to reply. 3. Pictures quality decrease when sent through this app. It should go as it is.
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Naveen B
February 15, 2024
the app is awesome❤️. but i have few things to share. 1. please give option to select our custom color for themes. and ability to add custom wallpaper for our chat. 2. swipe reply for messages. and reply option for images and gifs. 3. remove the avatars in our chat. 4. bring last seen on top of the chat. 5. plz make the app more battery efficient. thanks for this wonderful app, absolutely love it.
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Jaromanda X
February 14, 2024
[FIXED] Feb 7 2024 update seems to have broken sending attachments. They are received as unencrypted and can't be opened by receiver EDIT: Speedy response to the above issue. Now works well. Excellent service.
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Daniel Gultsch
February 11, 2024
Thanks for the hint. This is fixed in the latest update.

What's new

· Disable contacts integration because Google wrongly accused us of uploading the contact list and threatened to remove the app