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v4.0.469

New Features ✨

  • User hover cards when you pause your mouse over a username
  • New setting to stop opening the app at login (Settings > General > Open Beeper at login)
  • Location messages now show as map images
  • Search supports partial matches on messages

Bug Fixes, Tweaks & Optimizations 🛠️

  • Fixed app not launching for some Linux users
  • Show In Inbox works again for Discord Guilds and WhatsApp Communities
  • Re-enabled Custom CSS
  • Better matching of search terms
  • Prevent quote-replying multiple messages when you press the reply button
  • Trying to open already-open windows will bring them to the foreground
  • Better visual balance of pinned chats
  • Add multiple reactions by holding shift when selecting emojis from the picker
  • Bunches of other small UI & UX improvements
v4.0.445

New Features ✨

  • Reply button when you hover messages
  • Added emoji verification, so this app can verify other desktop apps

Bug Fixes, Tweaks & Optimizations 🛠️

  • Sent images shouldn't reload after they're sent any more
  • Search "Accounts" filter works now
  • Fixed bug that caused occasional "Settings couldn't be saved" errors
  • Other various UX improvements
v4.0.431

New Features ✨

  • Idle unreads — After 5 minutes idle, new messages in the open room will mark as unread (even if the app is focused) until you interact again
  • Notifications for messages will progressively dismiss as you read each message
  • Log out of other Beeper sessions from Settings > Devices
  • Accounts selection menu has been moved from the Settings gear in the sidebar to the title bar above your Inbox. This helps you change accounts while the sidebar is hidden.

Bug Fixes, Tweaks & Optimizations 🛠️

  • Most searches should return results much quicker
  • Improved Discord guild and multi-Slack mapping in the sidebar
  • Can select attachments in the composer to delete them
  • Custom Font Size applies to the whole UI now (Settings > Appearance > Font size)
  • Improved keyboard navigation in GIF picker
  • After login, chats where the last message was a reaction will show that instead of a blank preview
  • Downloads should no longer have extra extensions added to the filename
  • Prevented click on the Audio Bar from also clicking on the messages underneath
  • Facebook: Can send audio messages again
  • Windows: Logouts shouldn't occasionally hang any more
  • Windows: Improved app icon
  • Dozens of small UI & UX fixes
v4.0.397

New Features ✨

  • Press Up to edit by enabling Settings > General > Press ↑ in the composer to: Edit your last message
  • When the sidebar is hidden, hovering near the left edge will reveal it
  • New default user avatar

Bug Fixes, Tweaks & Optimizations 🛠️

  • Windows: Show Beeper Beta in OS notifications settings
  • Windows: Can send attachments with the attachment button / CTRL+O
  • Windows: Pasted images should not appear broken any more
  • Lots more emoji aliases to improve emoji search and autocomplete
  • Stop adding .bin to the end of downloaded files
  • Don't allow sending caption with audio messages on networks that don't support them
  • Show RCS / SMS in the composer for GMessages chats
  • Fixed OTP copying for legacy iMessage Cloud bridges
  • Fixed bug that sometimes caused new chats to be duplicated
v4.0.375

New Features ✨

  • Links in messages show a tooltip for where the link will take you

Bug Fixes, Tweaks & Optimizations 🛠️

  • Linux build is fixed!
  • Reduce sound effect spam when waking your device from sleep
  • Login: Auto-paste and submit copied Recovery Codes
  • Inbox styles are fixed when you turn off "Show number of unread messages"
  • Fixed Move to Low Priority / Move to Inbox
  • After login, group chats will immediately show chat member names in Inbox previews
  • Smoothed the process to reset your Recovery Code
  • Various UI updates
v4.0.366

New Features ✨

  • Added security with Context Isolation in Electron
  • New UI to multi-select and bulk update chats
  • Added a flow to reconnect broken bridge accounts
  • Sync frequently-used emoji across Beeper clients
  • Timestamps follow your system's 12h/24h preference

Bug Fixes, Tweaks & Optimizations 🛠️

  • Archive now works when you have a message still being sent
  • Unread counts should correctly show in the Filter Bar
  • Emoji skin tones should be respected when adding your reaction to a message
  • Stopped deleted reactions from showing as the chat preview
  • Only auto link valid domains, and don't auto link URLs in code blocks
  • Moved sound effects setting to Notifications section
  • UI improvements to chat view, message composer, popovers, and more
  • Fixed message reactions for LinkedIn
  • Don't play sounds when Do Not Disturb is enabled
  • If your login is stuck on "Restoring key backup", show option to use Recovery Code instead
v4.0.306

New Features ✨

  • Emoji Verification — you can now use another Desktop app to verify the Beta
  • Media added to Chat Info pane
  • Videos in Search show proper thumbnails

Bug Fixes, Tweaks & Optimizations 🛠️

  • Telegram files download with proper file extensions
  • Muted chats don't play sounds
  • Audio messages keep playing even if you scroll them off-screen
  • Login flow improvements (fewer stuck logins, pasted codes are auto-submitted)
  • Reactions should no longer disappear after you add them
  • Old backfilled chats should show the last message timestamp (not the timestamp when you logged in)
  • Media in reply messages look better
  • Stop Emoji Picker from randomly closing sometimes
  • Many more small UI and bug improvements
v3.110.1
  • Fixed telegram voice notes being unplayable with "Error downloading audio" error
v3.109.1
  • Fixed starting new chats with the Google Messages connection
  • Added support for authenticated media in federated Matrix rooms
v3.107.2

Bug Fixes

  • Users couldn't reset their cross-signing keys if they lost their recovery code