How to start a chat or create a group

1. Open Chats and tap New chat.
2. Choose the type:
  • Direct — a private one-to-one chat. Pick one person to start.
  • Group — enter a Group name, add one or more people, then tap Create chat.
  • P2P — an ephemeral, serverless chat that only works while both people are online and stores nothing. P2P chats are text-only and available with Premium.
3. Choose who to add from your Contacts. (Chatting with Public users is a Premium feature.)

Direct and group chats are end-to-end encrypted. See also how to add people to a group.