Whatsie 6.1.0

A feature release: Whatsie speaks more languages, shows unread counts on your dock, and gains a couple of display options.

What's new

The interface can now be translated. German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil) and Russian are included — pick one in Settings → General → Interface language, or leave it on Automatic to follow your system. English stays the default. (Chat content is still WhatsApp Web's own, in whatever language your account uses.) (#171)
Unread badge on the taskbar / dock. The unread message count now shows as a badge on the launcher, not just the tray icon. (#122)
Spell check in several languages at once. Enable more than one dictionary in Settings → Advanced → Spell check and they're all checked together. (#132)
Match your display's refresh rate. A new Settings → Advanced option drops Chromium's 60 FPS cap so scrolling and animations run at your monitor's refresh rate. Off by default — it uses more GPU and CPU. (#221)

Fixes

The monochrome system-tray icon is now centred and sized correctly. (#356)
On Wayland the app uses the correct desktop id, so it groups properly in the dock and task switcher. (#357)

⬇️ Install / update

Linux

# Snap — any distro with snapd
sudo snap install whatsie          # first install
sudo snap refresh whatsie          # update

# Flatpak — from Flathub
flatpak install flathub com.ktechpit.whatsie   # first install
flatpak update com.ktechpit.whatsie            # update

# Arch Linux (AUR) — builds from source
yay -S whatsie      # or: paru -S whatsie

AppImage and a self-contained .deb (Qt bundled, installs on any modern Debian/Ubuntu) are attached to this release:

# AppImage
chmod +x whatsie-*.AppImage && ./whatsie-*.AppImage

# .deb (bundled Qt, installs to /opt)
sudo apt install ./whatsie_6.1.0_amd64.deb

Windows (x64)

Download from the assets below (Windows 10/11, 64-bit; bundles its own Qt runtime):

whatsie-6.1.0-x64.msi — installer (Start Menu + Desktop shortcuts, in-place upgrades)
whatsie-6.1.0-windows-x64.zip — portable, no install required

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