What's New?

This update is an accumulation of a bunch of smaller updates that we've been implementing slowly over the past 6 months... Yep, it's been that long! We've been super busy in real life, but we're still striving to provide the community with updates, don't worry.

Big Stuff

• BlueBubbles can now run as a true background service
  • For those of you who do not want to use Firebase
  • Shout out to the dumb-droid flip phone community
• Settings redesign
• Ability to re-order message details context menu

Improvements

• Tons of UI tweaks for iOS, Material, and Samsung
• Slightly new send animation
• New overflow menu for iOS
• Improvements to how smooth the app runs
• Lowers average battery utilization by fixing some possible leaks
• Audio transcripts (when available)
• Video player UX improvements

Bug Fixes

• Fixes issues where the unread indicators would not update in a timely manner
• Fixes issue causing duplicate images in your gallery due to HEIC images
• Fixes FCM registration issue where your app would try to re-register itself using a new ID
• Fixes issue with the Tasker Intent being incorrect
• Fixes issue using the universal back button when viewing archived chats
• Fixes issue where the date picker would not close properly when time selection was disabled
• Fixes issue where selecting a group chat in the new chat creator would append participants rather than replace the existing selection
• Fixes rendering issues on a handful of pages
• Fixes issues displaying URL previews
• Fixes issues sharing to an already open chat
• Fixes issue showing digital touch messages in the message view
• Fixes issue where downloading a live photo would crash the app

Developer Specific

• Complete refactor of startup logic
• Unified logging across the codebase
• Flutter upgrade to v3.24.3
• Tons of dependency upgrades

Notes

• The Google Play Beta is now available