it hit version 1.0.0 this summer and it works!

to get started easily, check out meshchat:

https://github.com/liamcottle/reticulum-meshchat

or sideband on android:

https://github.com/markqvist/Sideband

you can already send photos and voice chat over lora, and when lora runs out of bandwidth or if there’s no link, the protocol can seamlessly go over any other link type.