Changelog

Features ✨

• All images are now sent in full resolution!
  • If you’d like to compress images, tap the image before sending → uncheck
• Create Group Chats for iMessage 🍎
  • New Chat Button → Create Group iMessage Chat
  • Only works for iMessage-only chats (no iMessage SMS groups yet)
• Country Code Selection
  • Previously, Beeper would attempt to guess your location based solely on your device’s language setting, which wasn’t always reliable depending on where you live
  • Settings → Contacts to set your preferred country code for Starting New Chats and Contact Import

Fixes & Optimizations

• Improved the efficiency of encryption key sharing
  • In practice, this means your messages should send faster and more reliably

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

• Fixed several crashes related to SMS usage & setup
• Fixed an issue causing Beeper to crash in the background
• Fixed an issue where replying from a notification could fail to send

General Updates

• Removed translations – they were pretty sparse and broken. We will tackle internationalization in future
• Optimizations & crash fixes related to background processing

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

• Fixed issues in the verification process where…
  • The camera would never pop up to scan a QR code
  • The desktop app would display duplicate verification prompts
• Fixed an issue where imported contact avatars may not display
• Corrected an issue where un-muting a chat would start notifying your for every message in a room, regardless of sender
• Fixed a case where the participants list of a room would be incorrect
• Fixed an issue where the Composer wouldn’t be tappable if the device’s font size was too large
• Fixed a case where the search bar could disappear

Fixes & Optimizations

• Optimized background processing and Inbox animations that were affecting scrolling smoothness & app performance
• Inbox previews shouldn’t be out-of-date anymore
• Fixed an issue that was causing avatars to visibly reload every few hours

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

• Fixed a scenario where it appeared that multiple instances of Beeper were running at once
• Fixed an issue where sometimes notifications wouldn’t be displayed until Beeper was foregrounded

Features

• Improved Inbox behavior – changed actions like Archive & Mark As Read to work instantly

Fixes & Optimizations

• Fixed an issue where imported contact avatars would render in low resolution

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

• Improved behavior related to verification, correcting some issues where your messages are stuck saying “You cannot access this message”
• Additional fixes for duplicate SMS rooms showing in the Inbox

Features

• Added “Double blue check” indicators to DMs in the Inbox
• Re-add the network error indicator to the Inbox

Fixes & Optimizations

• Corrected an edge case that could cause the Inbox to appear out of date for very large accounts
• Fixed various SMS related crashes for older Android versions (<12)
• Updated the path to the Beeper Help site under Settings → Help & About

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

• Adjusted help screen UI to pan the UI instead of resize to better support different screen sizes

Features

• Added Inbox Settings to the Settings menu
  • Added option to order favorites first in Inbox
  • Added auto archive settings
• Send captioned media in Twitter & Discord rooms
• Allow Twitter DM replies, captions and voice messages

Fixes & Optimizations

• Chats names are now bolded when marked unread

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

• Fixed an issue where chats would be duplicated on the Inbox Screen
  • This issue was also the cause of certain rooms being “stuck” in the inbox that couldn’t be marked as read or archived
• Fixed a crash when attempting to change your profile picture
• Fixed a crash when attempting to crop an outgoing photo
• Fixed a crash when tapping a location message
• Corrected some errors that could happen during app initialization, leading to bugs or crashes
• Fixed an issue where contact photos may be out of date on the Inbox

Features

• You can now type in an email to start a new chat via iMessage on the Start New Chat screen

Fixes & Optimizations

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

• Fixed an issue where the SMS bridge could get stuck in the “Starting” state
• Fixed an issue where swiping to mark a room as unread could fail
• Fixed an issue where the app would hang and appear unresponsive while opening a room
• Fixed a a display problem with avatars on SMS chats
• Fixed layout & color issues related to favorites
• Fixed a timestamp issue related to Daylight Savings in Egypt 🇪🇬
• Restored long press actions on the search screen
• Fixed multiple crashes related to the updated inbox logic

Fixes & Optimizations

• Fixed a crash on startup that was blocking some users from opening Beeper
• Fixed an issue where the “back” gesture when leaving a room might land you on a blank screen
• Fixed an issue where the badge count would display on the back button
• Made sure names on avatars were restricted to a single line
• Fixed an issue where Slack DMs weren’t following the proper inbox display settings
• Disabled the contextual menu inside the search UI
• Fixed an issue where the theme of the Inbox was not matching the device

Features

• A Refreshed Inbox ✨📥 ✨
  • We’ve been hard at work on an upgrade to our code surrounding app startup and the inbox, rebuilding much of it from the ground up
    • After upgrading the app, you’ll see a brief loading screen appear while we perform some necessary migrations under-the-hood. This is a one time process.
  • “Cold Start” times have improved as much as 10x in our internal testing
  • A new & improved “long press” context menu
  • Lots of additional UI upgrades and fixes
• Improvements to the Sign In and Verification process
• Added a new splash screen
• Added support to send captioned media in iMessage rooms
• Added support to edit messages in WhatsApp rooms

Fixes & Optimizations

• Fixed an issue where you might see duplicate emoji reactions
• Fixed a potential crash possible when Archiving a message
• Improvements to background processing & notifications
• Refined logic around improperly displayed “metadata” events in conversations
• Removed the “Sign Out” option from the Inbox to reduce accidental presses (you may still sign out via Settings → General → Sign Out”
• Several general fixes around the SMS experience

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

• Corrected an issue where Google Photos wasn’t displaying as an option when selecting media
• Fixed a bug where auto-capitalization wasn’t working when the “Press Enter to Send” option was toggled on 🤔

Fixes & Optimizations

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

• Fixed an issue where attempting to share a picture or video to another Beeper chat wouldn’t work correctly
• Corrected a glitch where scrolling a conversation could sometimes trigger a reply