New VooMe picker — select and send VooMes directly from the chat, just like media

Introducing VooMe - Create and share short audio posts - Discover VooMes in the public feed - Like, share, and send VooMes in chats Improvements - New Light Theme - Updated app icons - Improved Discover view - Date separators in chats

Australian users are now asked to confirm their age after entering their phone number, in compliance with the Australian Online Safety Act

- Updated hints for public profiles and public groups - Heart badge is now shown on public user profiles in the Discover view Bug fixes: - Improved chat list sorting when sending or receiving messages — active chats now always move to the top - Bug fixes and performance improvements

- Migration to the new voiceapp.me domain

- Migration to the new voiceapp.me domain

- Improved message reliability on iOS by introducing a 7-day message buffer in the VoiceApp @ Api backend - Messages and missing receipt states are now restored automatically when opening the app or a chat Bug fixes: - Fixed incorrect scroll button visibility when opening a chat - Improved chat sorting when joining or leaving groups - The tab bar is no longer shown in the chat when joining public groups

- Improved message reliability on iOS by introducing a 7-day message buffer in the VoiceApp @ Api backend - Messages and missing receipt states are now restored automatically when opening the app or a chat Bug fixes: - Fixed incorrect scroll button visibility when opening a chat - Improved chat sorting when joining or leaving groups - The tab bar is no longer shown in the chat when joining public groups

- Complete migration of message communication from XMPP to Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) - The display of the last connected time has been removed from the user info Group info - The group description is no longer editable after the current user as admin leaves the group - When the current user becomes an admin, all required fields are editable - When a user is added as a participant, the correct participants are displayed and not duplicated

- Improved icon contrast on the new background wallpaper - Increased spacing between chat messages Bug fixes: - The chat bar is now fully visible - The back button content in chats showing unread message counts was not visible in the light theme - The swipe-back gesture in chats did not work when the back button displayed unread messages - Additional spacing is now shown to the left of the timestamp for messages containing images, videos, or GIFs - If an advertisement fails to load, the corresponding skeleton is now hidden

- Support for the new iOS Glass Design - Larger message status icon on chat bubbles - Profile pictures are now shown on the left in group chats - Shows the number of unread messages on the back button in chats - Single or multiple emojis are shown without a chat bubble - New chat background wallpaper for light and dark theme - Rounded corners for the chat input bar Fewer ads - Discover view show ad after 4 cards - Discover list view show ad after 10 cards Ad & Privacy Settings (UMP) - UMP consent dialog is shown when required - New menu entry in Settings → Help → Ad & Privacy Settings Bug fixes - Heart and supporter badges are no longer shown incorrectly in user and group info - Fixed missing play button for received GIFs when the app was in background - Fixed missing play button for received audio messages when the app was in background - Phone button in light theme is now correctly black

- VoiceApp can now be supported via a monthly subscription Subscribers enjoy the following benefits: - Ad-free experience in the discover view - Heart icon on your profile picture, visible to your contacts - Profile picture spins once when a contact opens the chat list - Support the ongoing development of VoiceApp

Bug fixes: - After opening a group chat, the group automatically synchronizes in the background

Bug fixes: - Fixed an issue where renaming the group subject did not work - When a public group is left and a new owner is selected, phone numbers of unknown participants are no longer displayed

- The app store screenshots for the profile and discover views have been updated

Bug fixes: - Profile picture was not shown in the first chat with public users - In groups, unknown users now display their name instead of phone number - Loading skeleton in the user list is now round - Button "Show all" in discover view is repositioned further to the right - Waveform for voice messages is displayed correctly - Play icon in the voice message context menu now has the correct size - Profile picture in the tab remains visible when the discover view is opened

- Audio files and voice messages now display their progress as a waveform – both in chats and in the shared audio files view

- Internal VoiceApp libraries updated for improved security - Advertisements are now clearly labeled with an ad badge Bug fixes: - Emojis in group titles are displayed correctly again - Profile pictures in the detail view of public groups and bots now appear in the correct format - MP3 files can be played in chats - Only the selected audio file now shows as playing

Discover view: - In addition to groups and bots, public users are now displayed - Public users are shown with nickname and profile picture - Via "See all" you can browse all public users in a list Profile: - Your profile can be set to public - Your nickname is visible if your profile is public or when messaging a public user - Nickname can be edited in the profile Registration: - You can set your profile to public already during registration Privacy: - If "last online" is disabled, the "last connected" date will also remain hidden - When messaged by unknown contacts, your phone number stays hidden – only your nickname is shown - When upgrading to version 4.4.0, existing users will be asked once to review and update their generated nickname

Bug fixes: - Live Photos can now be successfully shared from the photo gallery

Sharing with VoiceApp: - Browser links (e.g. from Google Chrome) are now correctly shared with VoiceApp - Documents - such as those from emails - can now be shared with VoiceApp Bug fixes: - The ad in the discover list view now displays with the required dimensions

- File selection limit of 20 removed – users can now select and send unlimited files - Share button added at the top right when opening profile and chat images Bug fixes: - Comment was sent twice when sharing a file with a comment - Play button was missing when opening voice messages from the notification

- File selection limit of 20 removed – users can now select and send unlimited files - Share button added at the top right when opening profile and chat images Bug fixes: - Comment was sent twice when sharing a file with a comment - Play button was missing when opening voice messages from the notification

- Share messages and media directly from other apps with VoiceApp Bug fixes: - When a group is set to private or public, the discover view is reloaded

Share or delete messages and media directly from the "More …" context menu in chat