About six weeks ago we moved our family chat over to Signal Messenger after considering alternatives WhatsApp and Telegram. We are a mix of very technical, somewhat technical, and non-technical users. Signal has been quite usable.
- We have 1:1 conversations between each of us, and a Family group chat.
- We've used it for group video calls and voice, text and images.
- We paste silly GIFs and use emoji to react to things.
It is, quite simply, fine. We use it for all of the important conversations now.
A+, would recommend. If you are looking for alternatives to WhatsApp, because reasons, Signal is fine for groups of all sorts.