Yes, that’s what I’m using.
It’s worth noting that while SimpleX is probably the most secure and private messenger, it’s not as reliable or user friendly as Signal. If you are already struggling to convince your family / friends to adopt a secure messenger, I think it’s best to recommend Signal as the most usable option until SimpleX becomes more mature.
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I think moving them once is difficult enough, if possible at all 
But in long run, it is good to move away from services that lock you into a single platform.
The risk would be that you convince them to try SimpleX and they don’t like it. At which point they may be completely unwilling to try even Signal, despite it being just as easy to use as WhatsApp or iMessage.
Otherwise, I agree that SimpleX is almost certainly the future of secure and private messengers and is conceptually far superior to Signal.
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Yeah, I am afraid that I will only get 2 people to MAYBE download another app.
Agreed! Thats why I want to do this transition.
If you don’t mind losing most of the contacts, or fall back to SMS (which is a big no no), then you can switch platform straight away.
Awesome! One last question. I do travel a lot and carplay works quite well. Does android auto do well on GOS?
Have you used SimpleX like right now? I think this “a lot less usable” argument comes from the past where it was a lot worse than it’s right now.
Yes, I use it regularly. I have no problem using it, but it simply isn’t as streamlined as Signal is, and I have had reliability issues, especially with messages taking a long while to arrive. Not using FCM on Android is also a change for users. Depending on the device, you can expect a fair bit of battery drain if you want instant push notifications, which most users have come to expect.
Android Auto should work as expected as long as you grant the neccessary permissions for your use case (e.g. if you want wireless android auto, etc.) You can read the usage guide here:
Thank you! I mean besides the SMS issue it seems like switching won’t be that different? Especially since I want to go back to the 2000’s and check my email on my laptop and then close it and be done haha
I rely on Android Auto everyday. I used to rely on Carplay everyday.
Works like a charm and does everything (and more) that Carplay does.
Awesome! You have to use it in the owner profile though correct?
Can really answer that since I only use the owner profile.
I don’t have a need for a secondary profile.
Do you use google play services as well? I would like to use just one profile, but there are just so many opinions on it! Haha
Yes, I do. Without it, notifications wouldn’t work properly, and I need notifications to work.
However, I don’t have any Google apps installed other than the ones that are installed by default through the App Store of Graphene OS.
With the support for the nested work and private spaces within the owner, it’s generally recommended for the vast majority of users to stick to using the owner profile. You can use the work and private spaces to separate apps like having sandboxed google play services only in the private space, etc.
The owner profile is not an ‘admin’ like on desktop so it’s unhelpful to view it as a security benefit to avoid it. There are also some upstream AOSP bugs which only affect secondary profiles since they aren’t heavily leveraged in the stock OS.