Changelog

New features:

• “Do Not Disturb” mode for individual chats, reflecting the settings on the mobile device

Improvements:

• Significantly faster loading of profile pictures
• Increased frame size in group calls for better stability
• Store all transmitted settings when linking devices
• Fully display device names when hovering over them in group calls
• Enlarge profile pictures by clicking on them in the group/contact details

Fixes:

• Fixed a bug that caused automatic updates not to work in a multi-user setting on macOS
• Fixed a bug where two consecutive automatic updates did not work properly
• Fixed a bug where groups did not appear in some cases when two desktop devices were linked
• Fixed a bug where global app settings on the phone were not applied to the desktop app in some cases

…and various under-the-hood changes and improvements.

New features:

• Emoji reactions
• Insert emojis on the fly by typing a colon
• “Most used” category in the emoji picker

Improvements:

• Improved spacing between mentions
• Preferred emoji skin tone is preserved when relinking a device

Fixes:

• Fixed a visual glitch in group calls
• Fixed an issue where the installation of Threema for desktop required the manual installation of a dynamic library on some Windows systems

…and various under-the-hood changes and improvements.

New features:

• New emoji picker
• Added emoji skin tone selection

Improvements:

• Overhauled appearance of the agree/disagree icons (in preparation for the upcoming emoji reactions feature)
• Adjusted the behavior of traffic lights, ⌘ + W, and ⌘ + M to follow conventions on macOS
• Added links to the source code in the “About Threema” section

…and various under-the-hood changes and improvements.

New features:

• Implemented automatic updates for Windows and macOS
• Securely store the password to log in without having to enter it again

Improvements:

• Automatically recover group calls after a short disconnection
• Display the respective chat on top when a group call is started
• Noise reduction in group calls
• Improved chat-server handshake security

Fixes:

• Fixed a bug where the typing indicator was sent when editing a message

…and various under-the-hood changes and improvements.

Improvements:

• Tightened Content-Security-Policy

Fixes:

• Fixed a bug where some chats could not be deleted
• Fixed a bug where the unread messages counter was not reset after deleting a chat

…and various under-the-hood changes and improvements.

New features:

• In group calls, the selected audio/video input/output channel will be remembered across calls

Improvements:

• Improved handling of blocked contacts
• Changes to the profile picture are now reflected on the chat partner’s end
• Switched to dynamic timestamps to conform with mobile apps

Fixes:

• Fixed a bug that could lead to incorrect information in status messages

…and various under-the-hood changes and improvements.