Beeper Android Changelog

Release notes and updates for Beeper Android

v4.46.3

Date: Thu, 14 May 2026 19:00:00 +0000
Bug Fixes & Optimizations

Fixed some issues with the bridge connection process

v4.46.0

Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2026 19:00:00 +0000
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

v4.45.2

Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:00:00 +0000
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

Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2026 19:00:00 +0000
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

Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 19:00:00 +0000
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

Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2026 19:00:00 +0000
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

Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 20:00:00 +0000
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

Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 20:00:00 +0000
New Features With this release, we’ve completely overhauled our navigation and message rendering code to be smoother, more performant, and to lay the bedrock for future features. This also includes better support for screen transitions, predictive back, and formatted message support.

Improved Support for Incoming Calls
Media Management
Hide Deleted Messages
Telegram Topics

Bug Fixes & Optimizations

Fixed an issue where…
- a self-hosted Discord connection wouldn’t display properly
- numbered lists could display improperly
- media with no captions might render an empty caption bubble anyway
- the video duration in the attachment picker was misaligned
- HEIF images could fail to render on some devices
- message search could be slow in a number of cases
- you could be kicked from (or leave) a chat, and Beeper would give no indication that anything had happened

v4.38.3

Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2026 20:00:00 +0000
Bug Fixes & Optimizations

Fixed an issue affecting Instagram message delivery

v4.38.1

Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 20:00:00 +0000
While getting back into the swing of things this year, the first release is primarily concerned with stability. On top of the listed fixes & corrections, we’ve also been hard at work improving our search & message sync speeds.

Bug Fixes & Optimizations

Android Auto finally doesn’t incorrectly repeat outgoing messages as incoming ones
Fixed a case where outgoing voice notes would be shown as “Played” when they were actually only “Seen”
Updated the Twitter / X login method to address login failures
Fixed an issue where reactions could be duplicated when trying to be removed
Correctly render the “Mute” icon on pinned chats
Fixed a case where randomly certain people in group chats wouldn’t be kickable
Speed up Onboarding by automatically validating usernames while typing
Fixed a case where notifications wouldn’t auto-dismiss when Stealth Mode was enabled
Improve handling of media downloads and thumbnail UI
Update the Low Priority logic so that Archiving a chat would not remove it from Low Priority
Fixed a number of issues with contact lookup on remote networks to correctly filter and display for cloud / local / multiple accounts on the same network
Fixed an issue where notifications could display with a default avatar rather than the contact’s actual avatar
Fixed a case where Beeper could crash upon encountering redundant transcriptions in Message Search
Fixed color contrast issues for editing & scheduled messages