March 3, 2026

Desktop

Apps Beta

Community apps are now available to add to your community, with more being unlocked in the coming days.

Profile Customization

You can now add a bio, set a custom status, and upload a profile banner.

Link Previews

Messages now show rich link previews when you share URLs.

Friends-Only DMs

New option to restrict direct messages to friends only.

Community Invite Privacy

New option to restrict who can send community invites.

Ban Non-Members

Community moderators can now ban users who aren't currently in the community via right-click or by user ID in community settings.

Tab Keybindings

Added keyboard shortcuts to open and close tabs.

Voice & Audio

Improved Noise Gate - Tuned the noise gate to be less aggressive, so quieter speech comes through more naturally
Device Permission Errors - You'll now see a clear error message if Root can't access your microphone or camera

Bug Fixes

Fixed webcam aspect ratio being stretched in some cases
Fixed issue that caused a memory leak when sharing your screen in a voice call
Fixed mouse-button keybindings not working correctly
Fixed some links in messages getting formatted incorrectly
Fixed word wrap issues in the message input
Fixed blocked users still triggering the app icon flash and red mention highlights
Fixed a time format display issue
Fixed new line handling in messages
Fixed a race condition when deleting channels
Fixed overlay performance when in a call

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Mobile

Right-to-Left Language Support

RTL langauges now render correctly, with proper handling of mixed-direction text (e.g., English words within Arabic sentences)

DM Privacy: Friends Only

A new "Friends" option in DM privacy settings lets you restrict who can message you to just your friends list.

Jump to New Messages

When entering a channel, you now always land on the latest messages. A banner shows your unread count with a quick-jump button.

Colored Glow Effects on Android

Visual glow effects now render natively on Android using platform box shadows.

Performance

Faster large community loading - Member data for communities with 20k+ members now loads in parallel batches instead of one-at-a-time, with smarter connection management
Smoother scrolling and animations - Fixed frame rate drops caused by selector cache thrashing, redundant computations, and excessive dispatches during real-time updates
Reduced real-time processing overhead - Incoming messages and status updates are now batched and coalesced, cutting Redux dispatches significantly in busy communities
Lower memory usage - Added automatic in-memory eviction for inactive conversations, removed unnecessary disk persistence, and fixed cache subscription leaks that degraded performance over time
Faster drawer animations - Drawer open/close is snappier with less stale content flashing
Faster notification handling on Android - Data recovery triggers immediately on reconnect, and notifications dismiss faster on tap

Messaging

Fixed channels getting stuck in a non-scrollable state when returning to a channel with stale cached data
Fixed messages not being marked as read after jumping to the unread boundary
Fixed messages going missing after backgrounding and returning to the app
Fixed scroll position jumping around after tapping a reply or search result
Fixed GIFs sent while replying not including the reply context
Fixed ghost DMs and channels persisting after being deleted server-side while offline
Fixed unread indicators briefly flashing while actively viewing a channel
Fixed jump-to-top not scrolling back to latest messages in certain scenarios
Reply, attachment, and edit state now properly resets when switching channels in the drawer
GIF button is now hidden in channels that don't allow attachments
Typing indicator now reads "is typing" instead of "is typing..."
User profiles now load correctly when scrolling through older messages

Blocked Users

Reply previews now show "Blocked message" when the original author is blocked
Typing indicators from blocked users are no longer shown

Navigation & Drawers

Improved drawer swipe responsiveness and touch handling on iOS
Fixed drawer gestures accidentally blocking long-press actions
Fixed a navigation loop when opening pinned messages from the drawer
Fixed bottom sheets becoming unresponsive after navigating between drawer and full-screen views
Fixed long-press actions not working after cold start, deep link, or push notification
Tapping an app-channel mention now shows a toast instead of navigating to a broken screen

Android

Fixed a WebRTC crash affecting ~20% of Android users
Fixed a second WebRTC crash from event listeners never being cleaned up
Fixed foreground service crash on Android 14+ when microphone permission wasn't granted
Fixed emoji picker hiding behind the keyboard when searching
Fixed back gesture exiting the app when navigating from a push notification
Fixed duplicate navigation when tapping a notification for an already-open conversation

Stability

Fixed community loading deadlock that showed infinite loading skeletons after cache clears
Fixed "Unknown User" appearing for message authors, profiles are now fetched on-demand
Fixed crashes in search and pinned message views
Fixed a crash when previewing certain link embeds with missing metadata
Fixed a crash from animated visual effects
Fixed a rendering feedback loop causing unnecessary re-renders
Fixed network requests hanging indefinitely on iOS