What's New?

We're hoping all the major bugs are squashed in this beta, with maybe minor quirks left to iron out.

The Big Stuff

Fixed FindMy page (hopefully)
Fixed image send issues
Fixed excessive storage usage
Fixed message highlight not disappearing if using back button (Material / Samsung)
Preserve AnimationController speed even if the animations are sped up from system settings
Fixed localhost preferences not sticking
Fixed reaction notification text not accounting for attributedBody parts
Fixed message info not working for edited messages
Fixed more issues with settings restores & added better logging for easy fixing
Fixed duplicate message send when replying (hopefully)
Fixed connection indicator not showing if app brought back from background but app still disconnected
Fixed active chat issues for chat heads
Fixed typing indicator sticking when in a chat head
Fixed issues with matching contacts to phone numbers of length > 11
Fixed issues with fetching the latest server URL from FCM
Fixed issues with group chats displaying incorrect participants sometimes
Fixed issues with chats losing their participants for no apparent reason (rendering error)
Fixed message bubble color not updating
Fixed spelling error in settings (@mike-lloyd03)
Fixed avatars not filling parent box in some cases

Switched to using a regular TextField rather than CupertinoTextField - solves the excessive performance usage on Web / Desktop!
Display site URL if a URL preview isn't available yet
Improved selected message highlight colors and allow them to be themable (Material / Samsung)
Close attachment picker when using system back button
Remove copied to clipboard snackbar on A13+
Changed download original attachment text
Use Apple emoji for reactions if downloaded (Material / Samsung)
Mirror thumbs down emoji to match iOS (Material / Samsung)
Scale chat header to account for scaled text / avatar size (iOS)
Account for avatar scaling in left padding for message items
Disabled swipe to reply for messages that did not send successfully
Reduced bubble min-height restriction for attachment messages (thin attachments should appear better now)
Added scrollview to stickers, in case there are too many
Force sort chat list after incremental sync
Hardcoded link reaction messages (messages can only have 1 link)
Always show the reply bubble if Material / Samsung
Fixed issues with notifications not showing avatars or names properly
Changed notification priority from high to max
Added more depth / bevel to default contact avatars
Added better queue system for attachment downloads to prioritize the currently open chat
Show location preview before sending
Improved attachment upload progress to be more realistic

P.S. Most users (with newish phones) will use arm64-v8a APK