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Press releases, background information and media assets for mssgs, the independent group chat application from the Netherlands.
mssgs rebuilds voice chat and places the call on top of the game
mssgs has rebuilt voice chat on the desktop. A configurable overlay shows the call, and optionally the conversation, over a running game, while voice adds push to talk, visible noise suppression, per-device audio control and a connection quality reading.
Read the releasemssgs adds watch parties and clips that export for TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube
mssgs has added watch parties, where a channel watches a video together and every participant can play, pause and scrub by default. The last minutes can be saved as a clip, edited, and exported for TikTok, Snapchat or YouTube.
Read the releasemssgs adds a search that keeps the conversation around the result
mssgs has rebuilt search on the desktop. A result carries the conversation around it inside the search itself. Results are grouped per channel across a whole community, and can be filtered by author and by date.
Read the releasemssgs gives content moderation to the communities themselves
mssgs has released a Reported Content queue in which community moderators review reports from their own members, with review deadlines and a visible vote. Reported content is preserved as it appeared, so deleting it does not end the review.
Read the releasemssgs 2.1 brings nine built-in games, an Apple Watch app and CarPlay to iPhone
mssgs 2.1 for iOS adds nine games playable directly in a conversation, an Apple Watch app for reading and replying, CarPlay support with Siri, a redesigned iPad layout and a light appearance.
Read the releasemssgs opens its chat to AI assistants through a local MCP server
mssgs has added a local Model Context Protocol server to its desktop application, allowing AI assistants to read and act in a member’s conversations. The server runs on the member’s own computer, can access only the channels they expose, and enables each capability separately.
Read the release- Product
- mssgs, group chat with channels, direct messages, calls, games and bots
- Built by
- RUAL (Deverence Group B.V.), Brummen, the Netherlands
- Founded
- RUAL has been building software since 2009; mssgs is its newest product
- Platforms
- iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, Linux and web
- Data
- Hosted entirely in the EU, no advertising, nothing sold on
- Funding
- Entirely self-funded, no venture capital
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mssgs is a group chat app for friends, communities and teams: channels, direct messages, voice and video calls, built-in games, bots and AI integrations over MCP. It is free to use and available on iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, Linux and the web.
mssgs is built by RUAL (Deverence Group B.V.) in Brummen, a Dutch software company that has been making business software and no-code platforms since 2009. All data is hosted in the EU, there are no ads, and nothing is sold on. mssgs is entirely self-funded.
Sami Bouchagratan
Press & communications, mssgs (RUAL) · Brummen, the Netherlands
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