Hi everyone!

Welcome to the latest edition of your pseudo-monthly JMP update! (it’s been 7 months since the last one 😨)

In case it’s been a while since you checked out JMP, here’s a refresher: JMP lets you send and receive text and picture messages (and calls) through a real phone number right from your computer, tablet, phone, or anything else that has a Jabber client. Among other things, JMP has these features: Your phone number on every device; Multiple phone numbers, one app; Free as in Freedom; Share one number with multiple people.

Alerts for incoming messages blocked by Original route

The partner that serves our Original route has for some time been censoring some incoming messages, meaning messages from friends and family to you might occasionally be blocked. We have finally managed to get them to tell us when this happens and so we now relay an alert to you, so you can know this has happened and ask your contact to try rewording their message. Reminder that we do offer other routes for those having issues with this. Contact support if this interests you.

(e)SIM nicknames

If you have multiple (e)SIMs through JMP, keeping track of which is which by its ICCID can be a pain. Now you can give each a nickname by opening commands with the bot, tapping 📶 (e)SIM Details or sending the sims command, then selecting Edit (e)SIM nicknames

Some updates to Cheogram Android this year

• Scanning a Snikket invite works for new accounts
• Search UI for emoji reactions (including custom emoji)
• Display notifications for calls missed while offline
• Don’t clear message field after uploading something
• Allow selecting text in command UI
• Initial support for community spaces
• Show dot on the drawer for unseen, unread messages like chat requests
• Second message edits no longer treated as separate messages1

Inherited from upstream Conversations

• Conversations 2.18.0
  • Select backup location
  • Make more URIs, like mailto:, clickable

Cheogram iOS

We’ve been working on an EXPERIMENTAL native client for iOS using Borogove (previously called Snikket SDK). It’s available through Testflight for the adventurous, and push notifications require a Snikket server running the dev version for now. Contact support if you’re both interested in testing it and willing to provide feedback.

JMP at FOSSY

We sponsored FOSSY 2025 and had a great time meeting community members! After giving a few talks, having fun at the social, and selling some subscriptions, (e)SIMs, and (e)SIM adapters, we’re looking forward to seeing everyone again next year in Vancouver, Canada!

To learn what’s happening with JMP between newsletters, here are some ways you can find out:

• The chatroom remains the heart of the community. You can also join from your web browser or from Matrix.
• The blog, where you may be reading this. Can also be followed in a client like Movim.
• The Lemmy Community
• The Subreddit
• On ATprotocol
• On Twitter

Thanks for reading and have a wonderful rest of your week!

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Amolith
https://secluded.site

Hi everyone!

Welcome to the latest edition of your pseudo-monthly JMP update!

In case it’s been a while since you checked out JMP, here’s a refresher: JMP lets you send and receive text and picture messages (and calls) through a real phone number right from your computer, tablet, phone, or anything else that has a Jabber client.  Among other things, JMP has these features: Your phone number on every device; Multiple phone numbers, one app; Free as in Freedom; Share one number with multiple people.

Since our launch at the beginning of the summer, we’ve kept busy.  We saw some of you at the first FOSSY, which took place in July.  For those of you who missed it, the videos are out now.

Automatic refill for users of the data plan is in testing now.  That should be fully automated a bit later this month and will pave the way for the end of the waiting list, at least for existing JMP customers.

This summer also saw the addition of two new team members: welcome to Gnafu the Great who will be helping out with support, and Amolith, who will be helping out on the technical side.

There have also been several releases of the Cheogram Android app (latest is 2.12.8-2) with new features including:

• Support for animated avatars
• Show “hats” in the list of channel participants
• An option to show related channels from the channel details area
• Emoji and sticker autocomplete by typing ‘:’ (allows sending custom emoji)
• Tweaks to thread UI, including no more auto-follow by default in channels
• Optionally allow notifications for replies to your messages in channels
• Allow selecting text and quoting the selection
• Allow requesting voice when you are muted in a channel
• Send link previews
• Support for SVG images, avatars, etc.
• Long press send button for media options
• WebXDC importFiles and sendToChat support, allowing, for example, import and export of calendars from the calendar app
• Fix Command UI in tablet mode
• Manage permissions for channel participants with a dialog instead of a submenu
• Ask if you want to moderate all recent messages by a user when banning them from a channel
• Show a long streak of moderated messages as just one indicator

To learn what’s happening with JMP between newsletters, here are some ways you can find out:

• The chatroom remains the heart of the community.  You can also join from your web browser or from Matrix.
• The blog, where you may be reading this. It can also be followed in a client like Movim.
• The Lemmy Community
• The Subreddit
• On Twitter

Thanks for reading and have a wonderful rest of your week!