Beeper Desktop Updates & Release Notes

Fixed & Improved

• Fixed setting up new On-Device Facebook connections
• Fixed some chats not showing in the Requests space
• Fixed contacts sometimes not showing in Start New Chat
• Fixed Google login pages sometimes erroring
• Fixed emoji skin tones sometimes appearing separate from the emoji
• Fixed Settings > Devices sometimes crashing
• Fixed messages getting stuck in "Still sending…" and duplicating in self-hosted bridge bot rooms
• Fixed room capabilities not refreshing after the bridge updates them, which could cause messages to be sent in formats the network no longer supported
• Right-click → Reply (and other context-menu actions) on macOS now correctly captures keyboard focus when Beeper is in the background
• Reply now works on iMessage Cloud rooms
• Improved app launch time
• Improved chat catchup time
• Several UI improvements

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Fixed & Improved

Add support for playing iMessage audio messages

Fixed Beeper sometimes not being resizable on Windows

Fixed duplicate Beeper icons appearing in the Linux dock

Fixed Beeper not launching on some Linux systems

Fixed missing Reply field on macOS notifications from on-device accounts

Fixed phone numbers not showing up in the user profile view in some cases

Fixed GMessages group chat creation sometimes including users from other networks

Fixed a bug that could delay notifications from bridged chats by up to an hour when a sender's avatar failed to load

Fixed ordered lists with non-sequential numbers (e.g. date lists from WhatsApp) rendering with the wrong numbers

Messages that start with "+" at the beginning of a line no longer render as a bulleted list

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New

Drafted new chats appear in the chat list, so you can leave and come back to them

Added Audio filter to Search and Chat Info pane

Fixed & Improved

Fixed bug causing some chats to be “stuck” in Requests

Fixed some memory and CPU usage problems with accounts loading multiple times

Fixed transcriptions for x-m4a audio failing

Fixed edits on older messages sometimes not applying

Fixed allowing replies directly from notifications on supported platforms

iMessage: Improve reliability for message reactions, undo send, replies

iMessage: Fix chats didn't get archived in some cases

Mac: Prevent Shift+Cmd+Z from sending drafted messages

Beeper more reliably restarts after installing an update

WhatsApp: Fixed sent audio showing 0:00 duration in the native app

WhatsApp: Fixed sent videos being stretched in the native app

Chat info panel shows all phone numbers and emails from contact info in DMs

Several UX and UI improvements

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Fixed & Improved

Message requests that arrived while the app was closed, will send a notification for better visibility

Fixed sometimes getting stuck in a “left” state when you leave a chat and come back

Fixed “Send instantly” keyboard shortcut when Undo Send is enabled

Fixed “+ text” being auto-converted to a bulleted list

Reduced number of “Connecting…” notices shown

Telegram: Fixed some custom emojis getting way too big

Twitter: Fixed slight delay when archiving a chat

iMessage: Improved sync for deleting chats

WhatsApp: Fixed sometimes not being able to add new members to groups

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New

Search images by their content with image classification and OCR (Mac only, new downloads)

Redesigned forward messages dialog

Option to disable link previews in outgoing messages

Fixed & Improved

Improved image loading performance

Fixed composer state for bridges that don't advertise link preview support

Fixed disconnect banner showing in unrelated spaces

Fixed account display name not using profile name

Fixed custom emoji reaction images not updating correctly when toggling or removing reactions

Fixed On-Device Facebook connections sometimes missing messages from marketplace chats

Turned off using data export requests for On-Device Telegram connections

Upgraded networks with many assorted fixes

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New

• Archived filter for the inbox & Network spaces
• All settings are now searchable from the Command Bar (Cmd+K) and by description
• Open a space or account in a new window by double-clicking it

Fixed & Improved

• iMessage: Fixed notification images and typing indicator
• iMessage: Improved send performance
• Fixed Telegram reactions failing when emoji had skin tone modifiers
• Fixed mentions not working for display names with underscores
• Fixed reactions appearing on call messages
• Fixed requests badge showing incorrect count
• Fixed scheduled messages space not showing up in the sidebar
• Fixed stale accounts appearing in Edit Spaces and sidebar
• Added support for parsing call messages on Google Voice
• Fix an error when setting up on-device Facebook connection
• Renamed "Scheduled Messages" to "Send Later"

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New

Added a search bar to the Settings window

Fixed & Improved

iMessage: Fixed reactions on Tahoe and Sequoia

Performance improvements to make chat catchup faster when you open the app

Fixed cases where some users saw missing names and avatars for people in their chats

Fixed a few bugs with unread counts and chats showing up in the wrong space, after last release’s filters and Space Bar redesign

Fixed Remind Me to correctly use “If no reply” when that’s your default setting

Fixed some broken icons on Windows and Linux

Fixed bug causing your contacts to not all show when creating group Google Messages chats

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