Isiginali ingenye yezinhlelo zokusebenza zemiyalezo ebethelwe eminyakeni yamuva ebilokhu ithola ukugqama ngenxa yokuba uhlelo lokusebenza lomyalezo oluthandwayo luka-Edward Snowden. Lolu hlelo lokusebenza lwemiyalezo lutholakale isikhathi esithile kungxenyekazi ye-Android naku-Apple iOS yesikhulumi seselula, kodwa Kukhawulele ukusetshenziswa kwaso kithina ngokungabi ngamapulatifomu amaningi njengeTelegram. Kepha ukulinda sekuphelile, njengoba lolu hlelo lokusebenza ekugcineni selutholakala ku-Apple's desktop ecosystem, ngaphezu kweWindows neLinux.
Kuze kube manje, okuwukuphela kwendlela yokusebenzisa insizakalo yemiyalezo ebethelwe yeSignal bekungokwandiswa okutholakala nge-Chrome, uhlelo lokusebenza olungasazukuthola izibuyekezo njengoba seluqalise uhlelo oluzinikele lwawo wonke amapulatifomu atholakalayo futhi okwamanje asetshenziswa emakethe. Uma sifuna ukufaka futhi sisebenzise lolu hlelo, iMac yethu kufanele ukuthi ifake inguqulo elingana noma ephakeme i-OS X 10.9.
Abafana baseSignal bacabangele konke futhi ngaphambi kokuqhubeka nokususa isandiso, singangenisa izilungiselelo nedatha kusandiso. Uma singayisebenzisi, kufanele senze ukufakwa okuhlanzekile kusuka ekuqaleni. NjengakuTelegram, ukuze ufake futhi usebenzise inguqulo yedeskithophu, kufanele ngaphambili sifake uhlelo lokusebenza kudivayisi yethu yeselula ukuze sigcine imilayezo yethu ivumelanisiwe.
Uma sesiyifakile, kufanele siskene ikhodi ye-QR evela kuhlelo lokusebenza kusuka ku-smartphone yethu, kanye nensizakalo yemiyalezo yewebhu yeWhatsApp, ukuze uhlelo lokusebenza luzilungiselela ngokuzenzakalela futhi sikwazi ukuyisebenzisa ngaphandle kokuvulwa kwedivayisi, into esingeke sikwazi ukuyenza ngeWhatsApp kodwa ngeTelegram, uhlelo lokusebenza lapho i-WhatsApp isenokuningi okumele ikufunde.
Uhlelo lokusebenza lokuthumela imiyalezo lwe-Signal lwe-Mac ayitholakali nge-Mac App Store, ngakho-ke kuzofanele sivakashele isigaba se- landa ku-Signal ukuze ukwazi ukuyilanda.