More Friends Is Live In Beta
You shouldn't have to scroll and search just to talk to your friends. We built Germ so your connections could follow you from social—and now they do, from the moment you log in. More Friends, live in beta today, pulls your atproto mutuals from Bluesky, Blacksky, Mu Social, and across the Atmosphere and brings them into Germ DM.
Germ DM for AT Protocol is Live!
It’s the moment you’ve been waiting for. Germ DM for AT Protocol is here!
Germ DM for atproto is live for all to enjoy, and Bluesky users can now drop directly into end-to-end encrypted DMs from Germ DM buttons on friends’ profiles. As Bluesky continues integrating compatible apps from across the AT Protocol Atmosphere, Germ DM becomes its first connected end-to-end encrypted messaging service. Get it all set up in the Germ DM app, available in the iOS App Store.
AT Protocol Devs Can Now Implement a Germ Button
Last year, we began testing our end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) messenger Germ DM's integration with AT Protocol in a private beta. The integration used a link in users’ Bluesky/Blacksky bios that served two purposes: to prove the binding of a public key to their atproto accounts, and to let people quickly start a conversation from viewing an atproto profile.
Germ DM x ATProto is Now in Beta
Germ DM is now a Bluesky messenger.
We’ve integrated AT Protocol, the open social layer that powers Bluesky, directly into our iOS app—which means E2EE DMs have finally come to the Atmosphere!
ATProto lets us meet and discover, but real connections form in private.
Integrating Germ with AT Protocol
End-to-end encrypted Germ DM is now a Bluesky messenger. In this technical post, we introduce the architecture of Germ’s integration with AT Protocol. From the beginning, Germ has been building for an interoperable E2EE ecosystem, and this extends to our integration with AT Protocol. We’ll define the goals that we set for this integration, detail our first steps toward those goals, and outline our path forward.
Germ DM is now on Messaging Layer Security!
We’re thrilled to announce the release of Germ DM 2.1, featuring Messaging Layer Security (MLS). Germ empowers people to form effortless digital connections without oversharing, now with best-in-class end-to-end encryption.
Germ DM is live in Mexico and Europe!
¡Hola! Bonjour! Hallo! Germ is now available in Mexico and Europe!
