Changelog

Features

• Enable Android Auto support 🚗 Notifications from Beeper are now shown while driving
• Few tweaks and animations added to Inbox
• Notifications are now max priority by default
  • Notifications will now ‘Pop On Screen’ for new messages!

Fixes & Optimizations

• Fixed an issue where the conversation screen could crash when entering the background

The following fixes were made possible by bug reports from Beeper users. Thank you!

• Fixed an issue where replying from a notification would cause Beeper to make noise & vibrate as if a new message was coming in

Features & Optimizations

• New Inbox are now enabled by default ✨
• Chats now move from Archive to Inbox if you send a message (with “Never” and “After Reading” auto-archive setting enabled)
• Improved logic around showing names of favourites

Fixes

• Fixed an issue with Discord channel visibility in the inbox
• Fixed an issue where swipe-to-archive could randomly turn off
• Corrected an issue where room member state updates would erroneously display in a conversation
• Swipe-to-archive UI tweaks for shadows and & elevation
• Fixed a number of crash bugs related to the conversation view

The following fixes were made possible by bug reports from Beeper users. Thank you!

• Fixed an issue where tapping on a notification wouldn’t open the correct chat

Features & Optimizations

• Improved the Inbox and Conversation screens to make them faster to open
• Faster bug reports (no more waiting!)
• Improvements while on low bandwidth (LTE) connections
• Outgoing bubbles are now blue, matching the iOS & Desktop Beeper clients 💙

Fixes

• Cancel “dangling” verification requests that have already been verified via Recovery Code
• Auto-scroll a conversation when a reaction is added so it isn’t hidden under the composer
• Fixed a crash for contact syncing on Android versions 11 and below
• Improve the SMS reliability by sending an MMS ack using the default APN on the phone

The following fixes were made possible by bug reports from Beeper users. Thank you!

• Fixed an issue that was preventing the 6-digit login code from being pasted in during initial sign-in
• Fixed a related issue where backspacing during 6-digit login code entry caused glitchy behavior
• Fixed an issue where an SMS conversation couldn’t be opened from a shortcut

Features

• Notifications are automatically dismissed if you read the chat on Desktop/other client
• ✨ A redesigned bug reporting flow ✨🐝
  • Attach pictures and videos to better describe any issues you’re encountering
  • A “Share Feedback” option to easily submit ideas or feature requests for Beeper
  • Easy access to the Beeper knowledge base (help.beeper.com)
• Performance upgrades & fixes to the Inbox
• Notification reliability enhancements
• Update the maximum limit for a voice note from 2 minutes → 10 minutes 📣

Fixes

• Corrected a case where the “scroll to bottom” button wouldn’t show in some cases
• Correctly display a contact’s name in lots more places (reactions, replies, etc)
• Fixed an issue where sometimes an SMS wasn’t visible until exiting and re-entering the conversation
• Fixed a problem where Beeper could send a message without first sending it’s decryption keys, leaving the recipient unable to decrypt

The following fixes were made possible by bug reports from Beeper users. Thank you!

• Fixed an issue where contacts wouldn’t rename from legacy Beeper bridges
• Corrected an issue where .heic images from iMessage couldn’t be displayed in full screen
• Fixed the contact importing logic for devices running android versions 11 and below
• Fixed a problem where a timezone of America/Ciudad_Juarez would crash the app
• Accounted for an edge case where a contact whose last name was a singular emoji would break Beeper 🤔 💥

Updated Feb 25 to 2.14.16 with fix for slow chats opening and some contact names not showing up

Fixes

• Sending images in SMS chats now scrolls viewport to bottom of chat

The following fixes were made possible by bug reports from Beeper users. Thank you!

• Starting a new chat caused a crash
• Sending an image from Google Photos or other app would sometimes fail to send

Features

• Upgrades and optimizations made to compression of outgoing videos
• Added ability to re-initiate downloads in cases where an MMS would fail to download
• Improvements to contact importing, renaming, and search
  • While improvement will take effect automatically, you can now trigger updates to your contacts on-demand at any point via ⚙️ → Settings → Contacts → Refresh Contacts

Fixes

• Improved Swipe to Archive responsiveness and swipe sensitivity

The following fixes were made possible by bug reports from Beeper users. Thank you!

• Automatically dismiss the inbox context menu not only after moving a chat to Low Priority, but after any action!
• Fixed an issue where Slack & Discord chats and channels weren’t obeying “Show In Inbox” settings

This release features the addition of some work-in-progress features, as well as a number of under-the-hood optimizations and refactors.

Features

• Swipe To Archive chats (visit ⚙️Settings → Labs to enable), still a few bugs we’re working on like tuning the action to make it less touchy
• Image previews displayed in the inbox
• Shareable message rendering (long press on a text-based message and select Render (Beta))
• Fancy loading animations in SMS chats
• Changed default emoji font to match your Android OS. Previously we were forcing everyone to use Google Noto font (thank you for bringing this to our attention!)

Optimizations & Maintenance

• Fixed sync indicator (it shouldn’t spin as frequently)
• Adjusted fonts, styling, and other small UI tweaks

Fixes

• Fixed an issue which caused contact avatars to fail to import
• Fixed an issue where a dash would be displayed instead of a timestamp in the inbox
• Fixed a crash due to concurrent inbox preview generation

The following fixes were made possible by bug reports from users in our Alpha test group. Thank you!

• Corrected an issue where SMS chats would scroll back to an old, previously unread message, despite already being read
• Fixed an issue where the SMS features were unusable on tablets (or other devices without an SMS capable radio)
• Inbox context menu now dismisses when moving a chat to low priority

Features

• A brand new sign-in experience ✨
• Rebuilt the Room List in Android’s modern UI framework ✍️

Fixes

• SMS chats are now properly read after being scrolled to the bottom
• Fixed an issue where some recipients couldn’t be found when starting a new chat with iMessage contacts
• Fixed a bug that would cause a bug report to fail to be sent 🙃
• Added handling to better maintain the connected/disconnected state of networks in the Chat Networks sidebar
• Fixed an issue where SMS chats could appear frozen due to network conditions

Features & Fixes

• SMS reliability & deliverability improvements
• Chats should open much faster now with less (or no) spinners!
• Fixed an issue where SMS chat history sync could get stuck
• Fixed an issue where iMessage chats weren’t showing up in search
• Fixed an issue where the unread dot was behaving inconsistently
• Fixed an issue where notifications would display their receipt time rather than the message’s send time
• Lots of under-the-hood improvements to builds & dependencies

Jan 2X, 2023 — Beeper 💻 Desktop v3.40.xx

Features and Fixes

• Faster preview generation for the room list
• Lots of inbox 3.0 fixes for archiving/auto-archiving values
  • Revamped all logic around archiving and auto-archiving rooms to be more consistent with mobile clients
  • Fix case of archived rooms coming back into inbox after being read on mobile clients
  • Auto heal invalid auto archive values
  • Improve reliability of auto archiving in X minutes after reading mode
• More robust bridge status monitoring.
  • Fall back to polling if the websocket is blocked
• Ensure Note to Self room is marked as a favourite on new account registration
• Fix case of showing stale error messages for iMessage bridge in Chat Networks Dialog
• Fix “Read Receipts Enabled” setting in iMessage bridge not always showing correct state
• Fix false positive warnings suggesting Matrix rooms need to be upgraded if the server is unavailable
• Removed flaky iMessage setup reminder toasts
• Improved error handling on connecting Google Contacts if the necessary permissions were not granted
• Auto copy more 2fa and OTP codes to clipboard
• Update styles for code blocks to ensure monospaced font is always used
• Chat Network Setup Improvement
  • Add option to “re-send 2fa code” for facebook login
  • Provisioning and setup support for new discord bridge
  • Fix reconnect support for in new slack bridge
  • Add retry button for Telegram backfill
• Fix case of room tooltips not disappearing
• Fix case of message send failures not being reported in the UI
• Fix room invites in room list not having an accept/reject button
• Fix performance issue when deleting bridges with lots of rooms
• Ensure a message is shown in the room list if not all rooms are rendered
• Fix message timestamp sometimes being copied to clipboard when copying a message
• Don’t show a warning toast
• Fix “send voice message” button not being shown in narrow windows
• Fix “Show all in Inbox/Do not show in Inbox” option for iMessage not being respected