Beeper Desktop Updates & Release Notes

New

Mac: Added interactivity on phone numbers, addresses, dates, and flight numbers in messages

Fixed & Improved

Mac: Fixed custom notification sounds

iMessage: Fixed crashes when reacting with custom emoji

Fixed tray icon foregrounding Beeper on macOS 27

Fixed voice notes sometimes being stuck sending

Fixed times in the chat list sometimes not updating when the app is opened across days

Fixed people disappearing from group info after rejoining, and made it clearer who invited or removed someone.

Fixed some remote calls being blocked by antivirus software

Fixed new chats sometimes appearing as read when they are unread

Fixed Matrix rooms sometimes duplicating on timed-out creation and messages stuck behind failed invites

Google Voice recovers automatically from temporary connection failures on Desktop

Several UI and UX improvements

New

Bookmark messages! Right-click a message > Bookmark, then see them collected in the chat’s Info sidebar and show up in search results.

Draft messages sync across all your devices

Added support for Google Voice cloud connections

Added a DMs option in the chat list filters

Search now matches files by their file name

Mac: Right-click the dock icon to see unread and recent chats

Fixed & Improved

Fixed logging out of Slack accounts

iMessage: Fixed missing photos and videos on macOS Golden Gate by requiring full disk access

Right-click > Copy on messages correctly copies rich text

Fixed label icons in the space bar defaulting to white on light backgrounds

Fixed creating a chat sometimes sending the wrong user identifiers and not adding them

Fixed a crash when on-device connections receive a wakeup without push data

New

Chat Themes: Edit the colors and backgrounds of your chats!

Set your default in Settings > Appearance > Chat Appearance

Customize each chat by clicking the chat header to open the Chat Info sidebar, then right-click the top of the sidebar and choose “Chat Theme”

Fixed & Improved

Fixed duplicate extensions on downloaded contact cards, videos, and Markdown files

Fixed chat timelines repeatedly jumping while idle

Fixed small stickers being cropped

Fixed disappearing-message timers being lost

Fixed formatting changing when forwarding messages

Fixed iMessage losing authorization on app relaunches

Fixed older history getting stuck while scrolling

Fixed self-mentions showing Unknown on on-device connections

Fixed creating group chats with one other person

Various UI/UX improvements

New

Import Logins: Log into chat accounts quicker by importing them from your browser or other desktop apps. Look for Settings > Add an Account > Import Logins

Fixed & Improved

Added support for some missing emoji

Fixed typing indicators disappearing while someone is still typing

Fixed some audio attachments being treated as videos

Fixed unexpected scroll-flickering in some cases when you have a scheduled message in the chat

Fixed some instances where transcriptions failed unexpectedly

Fixed some cases where plain text was unexpectedly converting to rich text via Markdown

Fixed login to Discord and Slack accounts using the Beeper browser extension

Fixed Tumblr GIFs over 5 MiB failing to load, and made failed Tumblr media say why with a link to the post

Added a link to Tumblr profiles in Chat Info

Fixed Tumblr login waiting 30 seconds before showing two-factor authentication

Fixed instances where sent messages are restored as “pending” on relaunch

Fixed bulk actions sometimes not working on every selected chat

Added merged chats to the Desktop API

Fixed Codex asking users to reauthorize never-expiring Beeper MCP connections every day

Improved the MCP client login flow

Several other UI and UX improvements

New

Beeper Nicknames are here! Give any chat a custom name and photo. Only you can see your changes, and they’ll sync across all your Beeper apps. Click the chat’s title in the Chat Info sidebar and choose “Edit for Me.”

API: Added /v1/labels to get a list of your Labels

Fixed & Improved

Fixed a couple rare instances of chats not loading all messages

Fixed some instances where images and videos never load

Fixed sending messages with Cloud connections failing for some new users

Fixed connecting Discord and Slack accounts using the Beeper browser extension

Fixed short messages like “8)” from turning into rich text

Merged Chats: Fixed instances where the chat’s timestamp never updated

Merged Chats: Fixed instances where the chat never finishes loading

API: Fixed chat search not always finding all chats

Improved security

Several other UI and UX improvements

New

• Multi-language support — translate Beeper into Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Japanese under Settings > General > App language (more languages to come!)
• Polls! Create, view, and vote in polls in Matrix, Signal, and WhatsApp chats (more coming soon)

Fixed & Improved

• Improved how pasted text from other apps appears in Beeper
• Improved how notifications look from users with default avatars
• Fixed organization names not showing up correctly on local LinkedIn connections
• Fixed “Archive all” option sometimes not archiving everything it should
• Fixed messages sometimes not sending immediately when you hit Send

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