- Completed onboarding tutorial for iOS and added lock-protection guidance for new users. - Refactored permissions, prioritizing user's privacy: • Sunsetting submissions to a Shared Drive folder for the Google Drive Connection: the amount of permissions that users needed to grant to Google to allow Tella to submit directly to a Shared Drive was too broad, and unacceptable for the Tella users' context. • Used more granular permissions on the Google Drive Connection: now Tella only has permissions to view and edit files submitted using Tella (and anything else). - Bug fixes and minor improvements: • Solved an issue that prevented the Quick Delete button to be triggered in Right-To-Left languages. • Solved image editing view for iOS 26+.

- Fix Uwazi server connection issue that happened with some servers, where some properties were missing from the response.

* New language: Chinese. * Implemented onboarding flow for iOS. * Technical maintenance task to be able to support iOS 26. * Uwazi Connection improvements: * Fixed error on for Uwazi server connection, adapting Tella to Uwazi API changes. * Added support for nested attributes in the Select property. * Bug fixes and minor improvements: * Improved explanations for quick delete and add a default value. * Improved file bottom sheet by showing the full file name in the bottom sheet.

- New language support: Azerbaijani. - Bug fixes and minor improvements: * Solved a bug that prevented trimmed audios to be saved. * Solved issue on Google Drive submission.

- New language support: Ndau. - Implemented Rotate Video. - Make Play button only play the selection while editing Audio or Video. - Bug fixes and minor improvements: * Removed duplicated navigation bar for documents.

* Fixed preview of HEIC files. * Added Indonesian, Tsonga and Portuguese (Mozambique) language support. * Implemented limited access to photo gallery. * Bug fixes and minor improvements: * Fixed the navigation bar that got stuck on file information screen after watching a video. * Fixed thumbnails for recently edited images in recent files. * Fixed the count of remaining attempts when a user inputs the wrong lock (when the "delete after failed unlock" feature is enabled). * Remove the button to edit PDF files (not yet supported). * Solved a crash when editing a video and exiting without selected either options to discard or keep the changes. * Changed the text of edit media confirmation message to make it explicit that the file is saved as a copy of the original one. * Changed the edit media screen so that the play button only plays the selection for Edit Audio and Edit Video. * Fixed an issue preventing going back to the previous screen after updating the password/pin in Settings. * Fixed an issue on smaller phones (for example iPhone 8) where the Quick Delete confirmation screen didn't fit in the screen. * Fixed an issue in Reports where the Submit screen was not scrollable and the Submit button was inaccessible when many files were attached. * Fixed an issue where the label for password setup during Onboarding was not fully visible. * Fixed an issue where the + button was not tappable when Tella's folders had too many items * Updated the text in Quick Delete settings to say "Delete files" instead of "Delete vault". * Fixed an issue where the menu with the Share and Save to device options only appeared on the second attempt. * Fixed an issue where the back button was not working after viewing a video from the All Files folder. * Made all elements on the homescreen scrollable, do not keep connections and recent files fixed on the top. * Made the play button only play the selection when editing audio and video.

- Added the possibility to trim videos directly inside Tella's encrypted container. - Added Bengali language support. - Bug-fixing and small improvements: • Fixed bug: Only allow moving a file to a different folder from the All Files folder. • Fixed typo on the Quick Delete description.

- Added support for the Dropbox connection that allows Tella users to upload the data they collect directly to their Dropbox account. - Added the possibility to trim audios directly inside Tella's encrypted container. - Bug-fixing and small improvements: * Renaming audio while recording takes the name or last edited audio. * Added link to the documentation on the "Connections" screen, for instructions on how to choose a server. * UI fixes for all connections. * Updated the About and Help page linking to FAQs and to "Get started guide for iOS". * Fix navigation issue with Back button on "Connect to server" screens.

- Implemented the Nextcloud server connection that allows Tella users to upload the data they collect directly to either Nextcloud. - Bug-fixing and small improvements: • Fixed progress view and cancel action for large files in the report view in all servers connections. • Hide "use shared drive" button if not using an organizational account. • Unified required/optional fields in all server connections. • Fix UI for labels on the Servers view when there is an existing connection. • Fix visual bugs on entities and delete entities cards for Uwazi connections. • Fix edit connection title. • Delete unused WebView class that was flagged in the security audit.

- Implemented the Google Drive server connection that allows Tella users to upload the data they collect directly to either their personal Google Drive folder or to any organizational shared drives they are connected to. Read here more about the integration: https://tella-app.org/g-drive - Added support for Vietnamese. - Bug-fixing and small improvements: - Fixed issue with primary files submission in Uwazi. - Fixed issue when deleting submitted entities in Uwazi (name was changed).

- Added support for the relationship property type in the Uwazi connection. - Added offline support for the Uwazi server connection (Drafts, Outbox and Submitted tabs). - Bug fixing and small improvements: - Run all remaining database migrations on every update. This bug was causing an inconsistent database state for users who don't use Tella often. - Fix the strip EXIF metadata feature that had been broken since the last database migration. - Show a warning if the users tries to delete a file that's being used in server connection that's not submitted. - Hide password field in a new Tella Web server connection. - Make the select field on Uwazi connections scrollable. - Fix back button issues on the onboarding flow. - Fix the import functionality when no permissions has been granted

- Edit media: Users can crop and rotate images within Tella's encrypted container. - Bug fixes: - Placeholder with current name missing from rename file while recording. - Rename folder shows the label "Rename" instead of "Rename File". - Show attempts selected on the "Delete after failed unlock" and a handle longer languages. - Solved UI issue in the label when creating PIN when installing Tella (only in iOS 14).

- Added support for a content distribution feature that allow organizations to securely disseminate resources and materials from a Tella Web space to their on-the-ground users directly within Tella’s encrypted container. This includes creating PDFs on Tella Web and sharing training material, guides for data collection, or documents. Resources can be accessed offline after download. - Technical maintenance tasks and bug-fixing: - Keep Tella on foreground (do not let it go to sleep) while encryption is in progress. - Back button right after connecting to Reports now redirects the user to the Settings screen. - Allow users to select today's date on the Date field in the Uwazi connection.

- Implemented background encryption so users can continue collecting data while the encryption process takes place. • Added a background activity tray so users can check the progress of file's encryption. • Moved the settings button to the bottom navigation (top right) to make space for the new notifications button, which opens the background activity tray (top left) - Updated the encryption algorithm. - Fixed a bug that prevented big files (more than 1GB) to be saved into Tella vault.

Fixed bug on the Uwazi server connection for private Uwazi instances.

- Uwazi server connection: We added the possibility for users to connect to an Uwazi server to send the data they collect using Tella. We include Text, Numeric, Date, Rich Text, Media and Select fields. You can read more details about the new server connection and the supported features and properties on the Uwazi documentation page.. - Improved the confirmation message when deleting multiple files and folders. - Added language support: Portuguese and Russian.

- Anonymous In-App Feedback: This feature allows users to send messages to the Tella team when they are unable to contact us through other channels. - Technical Improvements: Added a local database on the phone to manage the file structure and folders. - Bug fixes: Fixed issue with the lock timeout and some visual bugs.

- Added the ability to erase all content in Tella after a custom number of unlocking attempts. We added a security setting that allows user to choose the number of failed unlocking attempts and whether Tella shows a visual indicator of the remaining unlocking attempts or not. - Added the possibility to preserve metadata when importing files into Tella - Fixed a bug that prevented videos from being deleted from the device when imported into Tella.

- New languages, including Persian, Kurdish, and many more!- Connect to a Tella Web server to backup media files- Automatically upload photos, videos, and audio to Tella Web as soon as they are captured

- Added support for auto-upload of files to Tella Web- Added support for auto-delete of files once they are uploaded to Tella Web- Fixed a bug that made files invisible

- Fixed a bug that made it seem like files were erased during the last update.

We are launching Reports, a quick way to back-up media files to your organization's server (if you work with an organization): - Connect to a Tella Web project in Settings > Servers - Quickly send reports, including media files (photos, videos and audio) and a text description Also in this update: - Delete the original file from the phone's file system after importing it into Tella. - Configure a quick delete button to erase the content of Tella in an emergency.