WTF, what happened to the built-in VoIP client? I just wanted to give you a quick overview on how to enable it but couldn't find it. Did they remove it with Android 12 or 13? I'm pretty sure I still had that with Android 11.
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Yes, those fucks removed it ๐คฌ
I use linphone. Not necessarily because it is good, but it works and I have found nothing ~~better~~else.
Element X. New and improved Matrix client, so E2EE, decentralized, federated, self-hostable, etc.
Pretty sure when they said VoIP they meant SIP/RTP, not just "internet video chat"
to use element I need to provide an email address. Do I also need to provide a valid phone number?
No, you don't. Element is a client for Matrix and Matrix doesn't use phone numbers.
Check out jmp.chat for use with Cheogram (Conversations xmpp fork).
Tried ElementX but ran into issues while getting it working with a selfhosted matrix server. After setting up dendrite (matrix server) and sliding-sync server (asynchronous message history syncing; which it requires) I still wasn't able to get past the initial sync screen. Are you hosting your own matrix server, did you use it with a public server, or have you not tried using it yet?
If you arent particular about it being SIP specifically, Signal is fantastic (though not available on F-Droid because the Signal devs are paranoid about not signing their own code - you can get a direct APK from their site).
Do you want an messenger that has voice calls or do you want a SIP client that you can use with your Landline phone Number?
a messenger with voice calls
I use linphone sometimes. It's not great but it is usable if you set the codecs to high bandwidth ones. I've been wanting to try Jami but haven't yet bothered.
Follow-up question... Is there a good guide to setup with voip.ms? Or a good SIP provider for Europe/Asia?
There is fluffchat which is just client for matrix (an open source chat standard).
i tested it with voice and video and it works great. End to end encryption also. Works on all systems (window, linux, android,iphobe,...). Even thunderbird can work as matrix client.
best of all, just like lemmy you can install your own chat server and have full control
F-droid is just one alternative. Do a quack for "f-droid repositories" and make sure to add izzyondroid.