User Manual

The M8Chat app.

Private chats, calls and meetings from your phone or computer. Nothing to download from a store.

Step by step

Pick what you want to do

Each guide has screenshots from the real app. The app lives at app.m8chat.au. It opens in your browser, and you can install it on your computer, phone or tablet.

Install the M8Chat app

Put M8Chat on your computer or phone as an icon you can tap. No app store.

Sign in and out

Sign in with your M8Chat username and password, and sign out safely.

Protect your message history

Make your recovery phrase once so you can read your chats on any new device.

Restore your history on a new device

Read your older messages on a new phone or computer with your recovery phrase.

Chats

Read and send messages, start a new private chat and accept invitations.

People and members

Find someone on M8Chat, start a private chat and see who is in a chat.

Voice and video calls

Start a voice or video call from any chat and join one with a tap.

Turn on notifications

Get told when someone writes or calls you, without showing the message.

Meetings

Create a meeting, share the guest link, start it and manage your list.

Recordings, minutes and transcripts

Find the recording, minutes and transcript of meetings you host.

New here?

Start with these three

1. Install

Add the app to your home screen or computer. It takes under a minute.

2. Sign in

Use the same username and password as on m8chat.au.

3. Protect your history

Save your five-word recovery phrase so you can read your chats on any device.