What's New?

This update is focused on stability and polish across Android and Desktop. Thank you to all the contributors!

Enhancements

• Image & video previews for Pinned Chats (@DeveloperBlue)
• Improved device adaptivity for the conversation details media gallery (@DeveloperBlue)
• Improvements to FindMy address display reliability (@brendandebeasi)
• Redesigned snackbars/toasts; on Android they now appear at the top so they don't cover the message field
• Fewer "saved to gallery" notifications when attachment auto-save is enabled
• Copy buttons for phone numbers and email addresses in chat details
• Chat details are now available for DMs on the Material skin
• The "Other Chats" filter chip for Custom Groups now restores your previous chat filters when toggled off
• Message reminder support (Desktop/Windows only)
• Improved update checks
• Improved offline backup creation
• Improved memory/cache management to avoid cold starts
• Clearer error message when your server password is incorrect
• Android now targets Android 16 (API 36)

Fixes

• Fixes UI freezing on startup in certain circumstances (Desktop only)
• Fixes socket disconnects when changing the server URL and improves detection of dead connections
• Fixes an issue where picking an emoji could wipe your settings in certain circumstances (Desktop only) (@ianneub)
• Fixes the unread indicator not clearing when a chat is marked read from another device (@eikfour)
• Fixes LAN hostnames without a TLD (e.g. http://mac-mini:1234) being rejected as the server URL (@dvdsgl)
• Fixes desktop notifications not appearing in the narrow single-pane window layout (@blue-archon)
• Fixes the app not fully exiting when using "Close App" from the system tray (Linux only) (@evman)
• Fixes voice message recording failures on Windows and shows a proper error when recording fails (@aminamos)
• Fixes manually exported contacts using the wrong format (Android only) (@awang343)
• Fixes right-click "Paste" not appearing in the message field when an image is on the clipboard (Desktop only)
• Fixes the "Share" action for attachments doing nothing on Desktop; unsupported message actions are now hidden on Desktop
• Fixes vertical drags accidentally interacting with photo stacks, and adds trackpad swipe support in the gallery
• Fixes the Pinned Chats attachment preview not showing a loader or "unavailable" state
• Fixes chat backgrounds flashing or re-decoding when resizing the window (Desktop only)
• Fixes contact sync failures being reported as chat sync failures
• Fixes handling of very large messages in the Android background worker
• Fixes battery optimization checks on some Android devices
• Fixes a conversation view crash caused by a dispose race
• Fixes incremental sync not retrying after a failed chat sync
• Tons of other fixes & small improvements

Full Changelog: v2.1.1+91...v2.1.2+92

Useful Links

We put a lot of effort into this release; we would love your support!

• 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

Notes

• This app should be available on the Google Play Store now!

Enjoy!