Beeper Android Updates & Release Notes

New Features

Merged Chats now have clearer controls in Chat Info for editing or unmerging

Chat Info can now recommend other conversations with the same person to merge

Bug Fixes & Optimizations

Fixed an issue where…

you couldn’t start selecting multiple chats from a chat’s long-press menu

Merged Chats with long histories could be slow to open or load older messages

opening some Merged Chats could leave other conversations stuck on a blank screen

Merged Chats could show the wrong icon in the Inbox

messages from an On-Device Instagram account could fail to send after returning to Beeper

a failed Instagram voice message could remain stuck on Retrying without an option to try again

failed messages sent through On-Device chat networks could appear as sent and could not be retried

images shared from another app could become corrupted when Data saving mode was enabled

assigning a chat to a label could crash the app on Android 10 and earlier

the app could crash while syncing chat updates

sending a message could make the chat briefly jump or stutter

opening a chat could leave the conversation compressed into the top half of the screen

the emoji picker could be hidden behind the system navigation bar when reacting to full-screen photos and videos

the Inbox widget could have square corners on Android 12 and newer

superscript and subscript text could appear without formatting inside chats

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Bug Fixes & Optimizations

Fixed an issue where…

• GIF search would not return results
• the Inbox would lose your scroll position after opening a conversation and returning
• archiving a chat after scrolling far down the Inbox could leave the chat list stuck on loading placeholders
• chats with no messages could not be archived
• leaving certain chats could leave them stuck in the Inbox
• a message containing only an @mention could be sent as plain text

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New Features

Polls! Create, view, and vote in polls in Matrix, Signal, and WhatsApp chats (more coming soon)

Scheduled messages can now be sent as replies

Added a DMs only option to the Unanswered filter

Bug Fixes & Optimizations

Fixed an issue where…

new messages and chat changes could fail to appear in the Inbox until you took another action

pinned chats could reopen below the pinned section

archiving a chat from the composer could return you to the wrong Inbox view

opening a chat from search and pressing back could lose your search query and position

Inbox and Spaces popups could reappear over a chat after switching apps or sharing into Beeper

voice notes could continue playing through the quiet earpiece after Raise to Listen ended

large GIFs or attachments shared into Beeper could fail instead of being resized to fit a network's upload limits

outgoing animated Telegram stickers could render incorrectly

read-only chats could appear in the Unanswered filter

the keyboard's Send button could do nothing unless Enter to Send was enabled

Instagram could crash after the account was logged out

LinkedIn organization names could be missing on local LinkedIn connections

adding a member to a WhatsApp group could close the chat

the Inbox could block Android's bottom-edge gesture for switching apps

messages containing tables would not render correctly

Improved app startup performance and stability

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New Features

A brand new Appearance settings screen

Pick your theme and customize the colors used throughout the entire app

Style your message bubbles, including advanced bubble color options

Set a chat wallpaper or choose an animated background shader

Customize globally, per-chat, or even specific people

Bug Fixes & Optimizations

Fixed an issue where…

the inline archive button in the inbox could be unreliable

DM notifications could show the sender's name twice

Updated the Labels creation path to allow Free users to create a Label

Improved edge to edge support on the Inbox

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New Features

A Brand New Inbox experience comes to Beeper

Refreshed design gives you quicker & more ergonomic access to all your chats

Quick access to your most important networks & spaces

Fully customizable bar & menu

• > Spaces -> Edit

Drag to reorder, move less important items down to Overflow to hide

Overhauled & Improved Labels

Assign colors & icons to labels

Bulk mute & Inbox settings

Quick edits & chat additions

Organize how you like them within the new Spaces UI

• > Spaces -> New Label

Bug Fixes & Optimizations

Fixed an issue where…

messages that failed to send while a bridge was still connecting would give up, they now retry automatically

WhatsApp cloud logins/reconnections could fail if you switched away from the app during setup

backspacing near a mention tag could delete the tag along with surrounding text

usernames with right-to-left text could garble chat previews and notifications

the app could freeze when opening chats with very large member lists

read receipts could fail to send and never retry

DMs without a matching contact could display incorrectly

your own profile showed incorrectly in Discord DMs

certain link previews could fail to load

cancelling a scheduled message in an incognito chat incorrectly marked it as unread

automatic voice message transcription could crash the app in some cases

Leftover temporary files from media downloads are now cleaned up, freeing storage space

Fixed a memory leak for smoother performance over long sessions

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Bug Fixes & Optimizations

Fixed an issue where…

pressing the back button during sign-in could accidentally trigger a logout

LinkedIn setup could show a blank screen

scheduled messages incorrectly caused a "Mark as Read" prompt to appear

chats marked as unread couldn't be cleared from the chat view while in incognito mode

opening media in the full-screen viewer could crash during the animation

Improved error handling when recording voice messages

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New Features

LINE Support

One of the most popular networks in Asia comes to Beeper!

→ Chat Accounts → Add Account → LINE

Raise-to-listen support

Unheard on-screen voice notes can now be played automatically when raising your device to your ear

Bug Fixes & Optimizations

Fixed an issue where…

• generated video thumbnails wouldn't render in the inbox
• the app would unnecessarily restart when connecting or disconnecting a hardware keyboard
• the app could crash during the reconnection process
• some messages' disappearing-message expiry state was missed until you reopened the chat
• Telegram and WhatsApp contact lists could fail to parse correctly
• nonstandard characters in filenames could cause attachment sends to fail
• auto-archived chats didn't refresh correctly after a reaction
• GIF-to-video conversions could show a green edge, and inline animations rendered less smoothly
• verification emojis could be invisible on certain older android versions
• connecting LinkedIn might just show you a white screen and nothing else
• your own messages could incorrectly show as matches in message search
• single-person chats were unintentionally using display rules for group chats
• rare crashes from a variety of edge cases
• improved memory usage and overall stability

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New Features

Sticker Packs

Beeper Android now supports importing sticker packs from remote networks

Settings -> Chat Accounts -> <Account> -> Manage image packs

Import packs already associated with the account, or via URL, e.g.

WhatsApp: https://wa.me/stickerpack/IntrovertLife

Telegram: https://t.me/addstickers/LovelyPeachy

You can now mark individual messages as unread to better manage your conversations

Email addresses in messages are now automatically tappable to start an email

Labs

When scrolling in a chat, tap the floating date header to easily navigate to any date's chats

Settings -> Labs -> Jump to Date

Bug Fixes & Optimizations

Improved the "Frequently Contacted" calculation for better relevancy

Previously: rank = sent_count

Now: rank = sent_count * 30d / (30d + time_since_last_sent)

Additionally, anyone not messaged in 6 months cannot be considered as "Frequently Contacted" at all

Fixed an issue where…

Slack login and Discord two-factor login could fail in the in-app browser

the Twitter login web view would appear squished

a noisy "unread messages since your last sync" notification would appear unnecessarily

copying a voice note transcription could fail

photos from the camera could appear with the wrong orientation

GIFs didn't always render correctly

playlist files (.m3u, etc) were mistakenly treated as audio

drafts could be lost due to a race condition

a "+" at the start of a line was incorrectly styled as a list marker in the composer

reactions weren't always de-duplicated correctly

one-minute reminders fired at the wrong time.

logins could fail due to races, premature re-login attempts, or expired recovery tokens

muted accounts would still surface room invites — account mute settings are now respected

cancelled and declined invites didn't render correctly

removal messages weren't shown when a group admin removed someone

conversations could occasionally display stale media previews

the composer could slip behind the status bar when enlarging the attachment picker

the chat options sheet could wobble between states if it got too tall

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Bug Fixes & Optimizations

• Notifications now fire in every case when you receive a new chat invite
• Fixed an issue where…
• custom emojis could render incorrectly
• sharing some content into Beeper through the system share sheet would fail
• outgoing media couldn't be forwarded or downloaded
• the app could crash when a network name was missing
• links with mixed casing (like HtTPs) couldn't be opened
• rapid double-taps on important buttons could trigger the action twice

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New Features

The Quick Switcher graduates from Labs – thanks to everyone who provided feedback!

Quickly jump from chat-to-chat without ever navigating back to your inbox

→ Preferences → Quick Conversation Switcher

Bug Fixes & Optimizations

Fixed an issue where…

• Chats could get in a weird state causing them to appear unread
• the app could crash when responding to a message request
• reactions sent from other clients couldn't be deleted
• changing the playback speed of voice notes could cause them to not play at all
• device verification could get stuck in some cases

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Bug Fixes & Optimizations

Fixed an issue where…

Messages sent via share to multiple chats only being delivered to one

Fixed a problem during login & device verification when we would present "Last seen: January 1, 1970" when no information was available

The CAPTCHA prompt could be too small to interact with on some devices for Facebook

Chat network connectivity status could appear stale or out of sync in the UI

The inbox content could get clipped behind the toolbar

Improved On-Device Telegram connection reliability after app restarts

Improved Facebook & Instagram on-device connection to fix connectivity issues

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Bug Fixes & Optimizations

Fixed an issue where…

• Navigation could be generally weird with bubbles open
• The app could get stuck on the splash screen after certain navigation actions
• The back button was missing in certain cases
• Forwarding a message to multiple chats could skip some of the selected chats
• Searching for rooms on tablet layout could fail to navigate correctly
• Sending media could occasionally be corrupted due to a transcoding race condition
• Attachments could become stale if the sending flow was interrupted and retried

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