Beeper is adding a new network to our list of supported apps after quite some time: Google Voice – available on Beeper On-Device, joining Google Messages and Google Chat in the growing family of supported Google messaging apps
Settings → Chat Accounts → Add Account → Google Voice
Linkedin On-device
Previously Beeper Cloud–only, LinkedIn can now be added as a Beeper On-Device connection. This means you can connect multiple LinkedIn accounts (with Beeper Plus) while keeping your chats stored securely on your device
Enhanced typing indicator support
Beeper now has bidirectional typing indicators support for Google Messages and Instagram for On-Device connections
Don’t Mark As Read after Archive
Previously, Archiving on Beeper meant that you were also sending the chat a read receipt
Now, it’s configurable, so nobody is accidentally left on read
Settings → Preferences → Read on archive
Bug Fixes and Optimizations 🛠️
Fixed an issue where:
the login screen layout was broken on small devices, causing buttons to appear squished
setting up multiple Chat Accounts at the same time could break the web view
inbox swipe actions could trigger multiple times
message text with unescaped brackets was not properly linkified
the “Connect More Accounts” inbox banner could get squished down and make itself un-dismissable on some devices
reply line spacing was inconsistent and tooltips reappeared repeatedly
looking up contacts could randomly fail on certain networks
New Features ✨
New Appearance & Customization options 🎨
Beeper Android now supports custom Material color schemes, in addition to Dynamic themes
We want to continue to iterate on our customization & personalization features, so if you’ve got feedback or ideas, we’d love to hear it 👂🏻
⚙️ Settings → Appearance
Drag & Drop Chat Networks 🔃
Long press on any network in your navigation drawer to rearrange the order to your liking
Improvements, Bug Fixes & Optimizations 🛠️
Fixed an issue where…
a deleted message would be stuck saying “Still sending…”
the app could randomly crash when receiving a typing indicator
the app could crash when looking up contacts during New Chat creation
a video thumbnail could fail to render if the file size was too big
New Features ✨
Searchable voice note transcriptions
Transcribed voice notes are now indexed for search along with your other messages
Mentions in chats are now highlighted
Labs: Toggle WhatsApp community display
This toggles whether or not WhatsApp communities display in the navigation drawer or not
⚙️ → Labs → WhatsApp communities as spaces
Developers 👩🏻💻
This release marks one small step forward for Beeper Android in better supporting the broader developer/tinkerer community. If you’ve got ideas or suggestions for integrations that require data to be exposed, let us know!
Incognito mode can now be toggled externally via Intent
Can be integrated in your own apps, Tasker, or used via CLI
Improvements, Bug Fixes & Optimizations 🛠️
Moved “Sign out” and “Delete account” options to the Profile screen
Fixed a case where avatars in notifications could be completely missing
Fixed a case where starting a new chat with someone could open an existing, incorrect, chat
Added Show More / Show Less to very large text messages and long transcriptions
Reduced “Strong Video” compression bitrate in Data Saver Mode to address a crash in the video encoder
Allowed hyphens when typing usernames
Improved media service startup for more reliable voice note playback
Improvements, Bug Fixes & Optimizations 🛠️
Improved support for self-hosted bridges
Displayed OG user subscription features as "already free"
Added more logical sorting for Reminders and Send Later messages
Enhanced layout for phones with display cutouts
Fixed several rare crashes related to bridge setup and invalid data
Improved error handling for downloads stuck in spinner state
Corrected layout issues in account and profile cards
Improved phone number formatting and copy behavior
Fixed an issue where chats would unexpectedly scroll to the bottom