FireChat now allows users to send messages without a data connection - Livemint

A new feature introduced by the US-based mobile messaging app allows you to send personal messages, even without an Internet connection or local mobile network. Until now, the FireChat app enabled users to send messages to local chat rooms and people nearby, but these messages were public and were broadcast to everyone in the network. It became a popular means of communication during the Occupy Central protest in Hong Kong last year.

Azcarate said that communities used FireChat to exchange information during the Kashmir floods last year, and that they are interested in partnering with non-profits and disaster management authorities to put their technology to use “for good”.