Changelog

v4.45.2 · Apr 10, 2026

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

v4.44.1 · Mar 27, 2026

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

v4.43.1 · Mar 18, 2026

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

v4.42.6 · Mar 9, 2026

Bug Fixes & Optimizations 🛠️

  • Fixed an issue where…
    • The app would crash when launching on Android 8, 9, & 10
    • The app could crash when opening a link with no browser installed
    • The app could crash when logging out before verification was complete
    • The app could crash when navigating to the sticker maker
    • Reaction sync could get stuck in an endless loop
    • The scheduled send icon didn't clear from the inbox after deleting a scheduled message
    • Refreshing device media repeatedly could cause performance issues

v4.40.0 · Feb 24, 2026

Bug Fixes & Optimizations 🛠️

  • Fixed an issue where…
    • Messages weren’t following LTR rules correctly (e.g. Arabic, Hebrew)
    • Tab characters could be dropped or rendered incorrectly in messages
    • The app could freeze (ANR) when scrolling through long message lists
    • Text messages were cut off when opening the context menu
    • Long-pressing a link would accidentally trigger while scrolling
    • Long-pressing a message on a link didn't work correctly
    • Navigating to older messages via search didn't work properly
    • The message composer could be in a weird state with overlapping or missing text
    • The Signal QR code sharing link could get pushed off-screen
    • Media that hadn't finished sending could be lost from cache (and fail to send)
    • Reply thread counts didn't display correctly on older Android devices
    • The app could rarely get stuck during startup due to a sync issue

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