What's New?
This beta release brings the Desktop builds up to date with Android and also adds some useful new features. A stable version will follow soon. This release only contains Desktop binaries.
NOTE: The installed application will have a version number of 1.12.101.0
NOTE: Windows users may need to install the latest Visual C++ redistributable to launch the app, because it was not included in the installer. It will be included in future installers.
The Big Stuff
New Stuff
- Spellcheck has been added. You can disable it or change the spellcheck language in Settings > Misc. & Advanced.
- You can now customize the order of items in the menu displayed when right-clicking a message.
- Added an Emoji picker
Important Bug Fixes
- Launch at startup now works correctly for both Windows users that have installed from the Microsoft Store and Linux users that use the Flatpak.
- Receive sounds for an open chat now correctly play even if the app is not in the foreground.
- Fixes system tray issues on certain Linux environments
The Nitty Gritty
Enhancements
- Changed FindMy to open exact coordinates in Maps app rather than the address
- FindMy Friends shows last location update
- FindMy Friends shows location status
- Faster FindMy load and refresh
- Added tooltip to manual mark unread/read button to make it more clear
- Allow adding newlines in text when creating a scheduled message
- Notification when phone number deregisters
- New profile screen to view/manage all iMessage account related tasks
- Search improvements
- You can now filter based on chat, sender, and date
- We've also fixed consistency issues when searching your server vs. your local device.
- Updates iOS emoji pack to iOS 17.4
- Hiding the full screen image viewer controls will now also hide the app bar
- App startup time is now slightly quicker
- Location widgets now show the Apple Maps preview
- Adds ability to switch linked Google Firebase projects
- Dynamically show only the "show app" or "hide app" options based on whether the window is visible
- Hovering over mistakes now shows the suggested fixes, which can be applied directly to a message.
- Spellcheck is available in the chat creator, message and subject text fields, and when editing a message.
- Spellcheck language can now be selected in settings
- Spellcheck can be disabled in settings
- Allow more customization of iOS pin layout
- Add reset button to api timeout duration
- Make pinned order panel design more consistent to other pages
- Settings restoring handles errors gracefully now
Fixes
- Fixed legacy URL preview titles showing just "www"
- Fixed URL previews too condensed in tablet mode
- Fixed app not accepting URLs with port in manual entry
- Fixed send and receive sound volume not following the preference set in settings
- Fixed chat list not loading on Windows if Secure App is enabled and initial authentication is canceled.
- Fixed custom themes with long names not uploading to server
- Fixed issue displaying URL previews
- Fixes issue where a custom landing page for the server would break the detect localhost feature
- Fixes issue where non-US phone numbers would be formatted incorrectly
- Fixes issue where a new chat would not show up in the chat list until a full app restart (sometimes two)
- Fixes issue where the search would return case-sensitive results from the server. The search is now case-insensitive
For Developers
- Upgraded to Flutter 3.19.6
- Updated dependencies
- iOS emoji pack now always links to the latest release
- This is so we don't need to update the app to push emoji font updates
Useful Links
- Support Us (One-Time): https://bluebubbles.app/donate
- Sponsor Us (Recurring): https://github.com/sponsors/BlueBubblesApp
Clients
- BlueBubbles Server: https://github.com/BlueBubblesApp/bluebubbles-server/releases
- BlueBubbles for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bluebubbles.messaging
- BlueBubbles for Windows: https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/9P3XF8KJ0LSM
- BlueBubbles for Linux: https://flathub.org/apps/details/app.bluebubbles.BlueBubbles
- BlueBubbles Web: https://bluebubbles.app/web
Enjoy!